Google Lunar X Prize Space Race to the Moon: Is 4 years enough time to build a space craft?

by KayDee Posted 2008/06/20 19:34:56

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	Given the money, anyone could build a space craft in 4 years.	1 vote	33%
	4 years is to short to build a space craft and land on the moon.	0 votes	0%
	$20 Milion sounds good, but it's way to complex for me.	2 votes	67%

Google is offering $20 Million dollars, as part of its "Google Lunar X Prize," to the first privately funded team to make it into space and land on the moon. To be eligible to win, the teams must smoothly land a rover on the surface of the moon, have the rover travel for at least 500 meters, send data back to Earth, along with photos and a video. The deadline for the competition is December 31st, 2012.

Google is expecting around 25 teams to compete, comprised of scientists, engineers, business people, students and experts in robotics. The plan behind this all is to get space enthusiasts to come up with new ideas of how we can send more people into space less expensively.

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mike 2008/06/21 21:00:40

$20 Milion sounds good, but it's way to complex for me.

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We should see whats out there....and doing it cheaper and just as good or better, is the way to make it happen. They should do the same for the Oceans and Exploration.

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