New X Prize: $30 million for lunar robot

Features: Current EventsCritical Path Innovation: Private Space TravelInstitutions: GoogleProjects: Xprize

The newest, and biggest, XPrize was announced yesterday. Google is putting up $30 million for the first private firm to put a robot on the moon. If I'm reading this press release correctly, there is also $20 million dollars for any firm that is able to land a rover on the moon by the end 2012.


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