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From the report: The quest is part of the Google Lunar X Prize, which will put $20 million into the hands of the first privately funded team that can land a rover on the moon; have it travel on the surface for 500 meters or more; send back data, photos and video; and do it all by December 31, 2012.
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19 responses // Google's $20 million space race

  • This is a sexy race.
    CHARMOSH
  • radical
    vc_532
  • Isn't Virgin Atlantic already at the head of the pack in doing this?
    Wreyeter
  • I think this is a great idea!
    Why aren't more big corporations doing this?
    ElliotKam
  • "Celestis, a company that launches cremated human remains into Earth's orbit, recently announced that it has reached an agreement with two of the teams, Astrobotic and Odyssey Moon, to carry human ashes to the moon."

    Wow didn't know THAT existed!
    googolplexer
  • Lunar X prize is new. I'm going to be pissed if the apocalypse has come by then though...
    Dmitri_Molotov
  • a big company should take this idea but instead of building a rover for the moon they should have the teams build an affordable and attractive electric car that the everyday american can buy and would want to buy.
    lukewarmenthusiasm
  • private industry can do the space race better NASA is still using the amc pacer shuttle with its 8081 processors on board go burt rutan
    TexasPatriot67
  • "Astrobotic envisions a dozen lunar missions, scouting sites and offering payload services to businesses and governments, Whittaker said."

    I bet we end up sending all of our trash and hazardous waste TO DA MOOOON!
    Phonoballoons
  • i was certain we'd be having private manned excursions beyond earth by now...guess i was overly optimistic in 1985. never too late to use the carrot, eh googs?
    punsharma
  • The big problem with commercial space travel is.. companies like Coca Cola or McDonalds will try to put giant neon billboards into orbit or on the moon.
    sakulukas
  • Yeah, it rules. Cool
    bloodyjag
  • But will they do that before the world is destroyed by the eminent apocalyptic stupor.
    J_Jammer
  • "A new life awaits you in the offworld colonies..."
    Dmitri_Molotov
  • We've already been to the moon, why don't they put $20 million in the hands of someone who could stop global warming or a mass produced hydrogen car or new clean energy.
    osiris326
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  • I love it. Private industry looks like the new NASA. Now if only these rovers could put Dick Cheney in as the cargo and leave him there for 'research purposes'.
    benjaminV
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