Fancy sending a robot to the moon, fancy $30 million in prizes to be the first to complete the tasks set forth.
Well Google's forking out 30 mill in cash in partnership with the X Prize Foundation to the first two groups who successfully sends a robot to the Moon which completes a few tasks.
Sounds pretty cool, but you gotta wonder how many, if any companies will take up this challenge, 30 mill doesn't sound like much of an incentive to start a project such as this from the ground up, Also what if a lot of groups take on the challenge, could be a lot more junk left on the Moon.
Anyway if you wanna get in on it you've got till 2012 before the prize gets reduced, me? I'm working on a top secret methane based propellant, I'd better start bottling it.
GLXP Launch Highlights
Google Lunar X PRIZE Vision
I to am working on one, using negative infinity quantum bubbles as a means of propulsion, haven't quite figured out how to stop yet, breaking is a problem, get just the wrong mixture of nuetrinios to
ReplyDeletegravitrons, bang your at Alpha Centauri
LOL, wouldn't want that would we.
ReplyDeleteMe thinks google wants to make a google moon, like google earth, they're gonna need some far side footage.