Google is funding the Lunar X Prize with $30 million, to encourage private teams to go to the moon, with $20 million to the first private enterprise to put a robot on the moon. Very nice Google!
I love the space program, and this kind of announcements makes me want to go back to it… The time for Moon 2.0 is now.
Interestingly, it seems that this X Prize lunar challenge will occur in parallel to NASA’s return to the Moon missions; see NASA manned space exploration plans for the next 20 years.
Video 1: Google Lunar X PRIZE Vision
Video 2: Google Lunar X PRIZE (GLXP) Launch Highlights
Video Credit: The Lunar X Prize Foundation.
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