Friday, May 23, 2008

Lunar X-Prize Field Grows

The Google Lunar X-Prize Challenge seems to be a success if the number of teams competing for it is any indication.

Fourteen teams are now entered, including four more this week. Those teams are from North Carolina, Japan, Malaysia, and a mystery location. The fourth team has elected not to release details about itself until the entry deadline of July, 2009. Speculation is futile.

The basic Challenge is to land a rover on the Moon, drive it across the surface a specified distance, and radio back data and images by 2013.

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