Google launches moon landing contest

By Tom | September 13, 2007

The internet company Google has launched an $20m competition to send a robotic mission to the moon. To claim the prize, a team of researchers will need to send a rover to the moon, make it roam for a minimum of 500m and send video, images and data back to Earth, all before December 31, 2012.

Google launches moon landing contest | Science | Guardian Unlimited.

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