Google Sponsors $30 Million Moon Challenge

September 14th 2007 | General

Google recently announced plans to offer up to $30 million to the first private organization that is able to safely land a robotic spacecraft on the Earth’s moon. Working alongside the X Prize Foundation — a foundation known for offering challenges for monetary reward — the contest will be open to any "nongovernmental entity" that is able to complete the mission.

All interested parties have until 2012 to complete the required tasks to collect the prize. If all teams are unable to complete the task, Google will extend the deadline to 2014, but the prize purse will also drop $5 million. Google’s official launch website can be accessed at GoogleLunarXprize.org.

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Google Sponsors $30 Million Moon Challenge
Published in: General on 2007-09-14