The field of teams vying to win the $30 million Google Lunar X-Prize keeps growing, Two new teams, one based in China and the other in Europe, announced they're in the competition yesterday. A third team, which has kept its name and participation under wraps so far, may come public today.
Sixteen teams from around the world are now competing to put the first privare spacecraft on the Moon. To win, the craft must contain a rover, which must be driven across the lunar surface for at least 500 meters, and the rover must send back data. The teams range from family and friends getting together to take their shot all the way to more structured groups complete with business plans trying to win the competition and morph into space commerce companies.
The deadline for the big prize is 2012, so given the competitive aspect, the first attempt might be made within the next year or two.
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