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First 10 Teams in $30M Google Lunar X Prize Announced

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the go-for-the-green dept.

coondoggie writes to mention that the first ten teams racing for the $30 million Google Lunar X Prize have been announced. The competitors will try to be the first team to land a privately funded robotic spacecraft on the moon capable of traveling at least 1,600 feet and returning video, images, and data. The teams include Romanian-based ARCA, Italy-based Team Italia, and several different teams from around the US, many of which competed in the Ansari X Prize.

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  1. Re:They're just doing it by moderatorrater · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    The actual prize is for those who can fake a moon landing the best. What with camera costs, the director, actors and actresses, and the cost of keeping it secret/disposing of all their bodies, it's a real feat to do it for under $30 million.

  2. If NASA couldn't do it by KalvinB · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    how can we expect a bunch of amatures to do it?

    It's going to be a lot harder to fake this one.

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