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Google sponsors race to the moon

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Gigacore
Gigacore Original post #1
Sep 14, 2007 at 11:37 AM
Google announced today it is sponsoring a $30 million robotic race to the moon, organized by the X PRIZE Foundation, a Santa Monica non-profit famous for issuing multimillion-dollar scientific challenges.

A $20 million grand prize will go to the first team that lands a privately funded spacecraft on the moon and carries out certain tasks. Google is also offering a second prize of $5 million and bonus prizes of $5 million for teams meet additional challenges, such as finding lunar ice.

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Quiz_Master
Sep 14, 2007 at 12:12 PM
OOpppssss.....

I just posted another news item similar to this without seeing this...
My bad...
Gigacore
Sep 14, 2007 at 12:17 PM
^ ^ he eh e.. . .. report it :D