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# Google Lunar X PRIZE – $30 Million
- URL: https://www.skatter.com/google-lunar-x-prize-30-million/
- Published: 2007-09-14T01:27:59.000Z
- Updated: 2020-05-09T23:31:00.000Z
- Description: Earlier today, Google and X PRIZE announced the “Google Lunar X PRIZE,” a race to the Moon to win a $30 million prize. The same foundation, Ansari X PRIZE, offered $10 million for the first non-government manned spacecraft to enter space in 2004. That project was won in October of 2004 by Tier One u
- Author: Sahas Katta
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Earlier today, Google and X PRIZE announced the “Google Lunar X PRIZE,” a race to the Moon to win a $30 million prize. The same foundation, Ansari X PRIZE, offered $10 million for the first non-government manned spacecraft to enter space in 2004\. That project was won in October of 2004 by [Tier One](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tier%5FOne?ref=skatter.com) using the [SpaceShipOne](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scaled%5FComposites%5FSpaceShipOne?ref=skatter.com) craft. Shortly after they succeeded, they were approached by [Virgin Galactic](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin%5FGalactic?ref=skatter.com) and later signed a deal to begin routine space travel as early as late-2008.

> “The Google Lunar X PRIZE calls on entrepreneurs, engineers and visionaries from around the world to return us to the lunar surface and explore this environment for the benefit of all humanity,” X Prize CEO Peter Diamonds. “We’re confident that teams from around the world will help develop new robotic and virtual presence technology, which will \[…\] reduce the cost of space exploration.”

Today’s new prize requires that a private company land a robotic rover on the Moon, travel over 500 meters, and transmit video/images back to Earth. The first to pass the requirements by the end of 2012 will receive $20 million. An additional $5 million will be available for completing optional tasks such as traveling over 5,000 meters, imaging artifacts or discovering ice/water. The second team to succeed will win the remaining $5 million. As for the public, everyone will have access to view high quality footage of the moon, since all rovers will be equipped with high-definition video and still cameras.

**Links: [GoogleLunarXPRIZE.org](http://www.googlelunarxprize.org/?ref=skatter.com)**