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

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Friday February 22, 2008 @08:17AM 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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fatten up the poor first! by Anonymous Coward · 2008-02-22 08:23 · Score: -1, Offtopic

we don't need space. we need to make the poor fatter so they can drag down our medical industry. what has space ever provided for us? making the poor fatter would do the most for society.