Steve
09-13-2007, 07:45 PM
This is some exciting news!
I think it's really going to help bring the private sector into space exploration. Do you think someone will be able to pull it off?
Google Backs $25 Million ‘Lunar X Prize’ (http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/13/technology/13cnd-xprize.html?hp) - The group whose $10 million prize spurred privately funded rocketeers to send a small piloted craft to the cusp of space in 2004 has issued a new challenge: an unmanned moon shot.
With the audacious new contest comes a much bigger prize — as much as $25 million, paid for by Google, the ubiquitous Internet company.
The “Google Lunar X Prize” was announced today in Los Angeles at Wired Magazine’s NextFest conference. The contest calls for entrants to land a rover on the moon that will be able to travel at least 500 meters and send high-resolution video, still images and other data back home.
I think it's really going to help bring the private sector into space exploration. Do you think someone will be able to pull it off?
Google Backs $25 Million ‘Lunar X Prize’ (http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/13/technology/13cnd-xprize.html?hp) - The group whose $10 million prize spurred privately funded rocketeers to send a small piloted craft to the cusp of space in 2004 has issued a new challenge: an unmanned moon shot.
With the audacious new contest comes a much bigger prize — as much as $25 million, paid for by Google, the ubiquitous Internet company.
The “Google Lunar X Prize” was announced today in Los Angeles at Wired Magazine’s NextFest conference. The contest calls for entrants to land a rover on the moon that will be able to travel at least 500 meters and send high-resolution video, still images and other data back home.