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How popular is the Lunar X Prize race to the moon?

Who is chasing the $30 million prize by Google?
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pixelsilva pixelsilva
 
 August 06, 2009 01:47 AM
http://fikriadnan.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/luna-x-prize-google-moon.jpg

The Google Lunar X PRIZE is really popular! It is a $30 million competition intended for the first privately funded team to send a robot to the moon, travel 500 meters and transmit video, images and data back to the Earth.

The teams come from every field with experience in diverse areas of knowledge, among them:

http://www.googlelunarxprize.org/files/images/lunar/teams/button_odyssey_moon.jpg
Odyssey Moon

http://www.googlelunarxprize.org/files/images/lunar/teams/button_astrobotic.jpg
Astrobotic

http://www.googlelunarxprize.org/files/images/lunar/teams/button_team_italia.jpg
Team Italia

http://www.googlelunarxprize.org/files/images/lunar/teams/button_micro_space.jpg
Micro Space

http://www.googlelunarxprize.org/files/images/lunar/teams/button_next_giant_leap.jpg
Next Giant Leap

http://www.googlelunarxprize.org/files/images/lunar/teams/button_frednet.jpg
FredNet

http://www.googlelunarxprize.org/files/images/lunar/teams/button_arca.jpg
ARCA

http://www.googlelunarxprize.org/files/images/lunar/teams/button_lunatrex.jpg
LunaTrex

...plus the teams, Chandah, Advaeros, Stellar, Jurban, Independence-X, Omega Envoy, Synergy Moon, Euroluna, Selene, White Label Space and Part-Time-Scientists.

...the teams Quantum3 and SCSG retired from competition.
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pixelsilva pixelsilva
 
August 06, 2009 05:11 PM
There are two deadlines, in case one of the teams lands on the moon after certain date. All teams that wish to participate must register by December 31, 2010. The first team to land and complete the mission objectives before December 31, 2012. Will be awarded the full prize of $20 million.

After that date, the first prize will drop to $15 million; the second team to do so will be awarded $5 million and another $5 million will be awarded in bonus prizes (for example, taking images of the Apollo lunar modules, finding water or riding over the surface some 5.000 meters). The final deadline in any case for winning the prize will be December 31, 2014. After that date the competition will be over.

So it is fair to say that the winner will be annouced once a team acomplish the feat during the next two or four years.

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