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Google and the X-Prize Foundation are teaming up to give a $20 million prize to the first team that can put a rover on the moon.
Once on the lunar surface, the rover has to roam for at least 500 meters, and send a gigabyte of data back to Earth. Eventually, Google wants to have a virtually live feed from the moon to stream on its site.
In 2012, the prize drops to $15 million, and the offer expires completely in 2014. A prize of $5 million is in place for the second team to reach their objective. And assuming the team gets there, an extra $5 million prize is available if they travel further than the required 500 m, take pictures of the Apollo hardware (assuming it’s really there, of course), find ice and survive the harsh night.
Tell you what…I’m feeling generous. I’ll throw $25 bucks in the pot…you know, just to sweeten the deal.
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2 Responses for "Fly me to the moon…"
September 16th, 2007 at 13:39
1It will be interesteing to see if there are any takers on this offer.
September 26th, 2008 at 13:07
2Cool! Government will prolly shut that operation down tho. Too bad. We’d get to find out the secrets they are trying so hard to cover up.
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