The Google Lunar X PRIZE is a space competition organized by the X PRIZE Foundation, and sponsored by Google. It was announced at the Wired Nextfest on 13 September 2007.
The challenge calls for teams to compete in successfully launching, landing, and operating a rover on the lunar surface. The prize awards US$20 million to the first team to land a rover on the moon that successfully roves more than 500 meters and transmits back high definition images and video. There is a $5 million second prize, as well as $5 million in potential bonus prizes for extra features such as roving long distances (greater than 5,000 meters), capturing images of man made objects on the moon, or surviving a lunar night. The X Prize awards the first prize until December 31, 2012, thereafter it awards $15 million until December 31, 2014.
Competitors
Odyssey Moon
Astrobotic
Team Italia
Micro Space
SCSG
FredNet
ARCA
Lunatrex
Quantam3
Chandah
LINKS TO CHECK::
http://www.googlelunarxprize.org/lunar/about-the-prize
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