Google offers $20M for first private mission to moon
Google is funding the Lunar X Prize, a competition that will award $20 million to the first team that lands a private unmanned spacecraft on the moon, and then broadcasts a high-definition video back to earth. Additionally, it will award two other $5 million prizes… Continue Reading
VC prizes, and rocket scientists turn green
The X Prize Foundation, a group advancing safe travel in space, is soliciting venture capitalists to offer million-dollar prizes to generate ideas from entrepreneurs. It’s having a fund-raiser at Google.
The New York Times has the story, which provides a summary some of the other… Continue Reading