With more than 17 teams already signed up in the competition, the Google Lunar X Prize promises to be one of the most interesting show-offs in history. All participants need to construct a delivery system that will get their rover to the Moon, where the robot has to drive for about 500 meters, take high-resolution pi... |
28 May 2009
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Team Italia is one one of the 17 crews that have enlisted in the $30-million-worth Google Lunar X Prize, and which have to send a robot or rover to the Moon by 2012. The demands are fairly simple: create a rover or other form of moving robot that can travel more than 1,640 feet (500 meters) on the lunar surface and t... |
14 May 2009
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The "Mystery Team," which enrolled in Google's Lunar X Prize competition more than one year ago, finally revealed its identity, during a conference held at NASA Ames Research Center on Wednesday. The company, named Next Giant Leap, consists of members from the aerospace, academic and business communities, and al... |
19 December 2008
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Google's Lunar X PRIZE competition seems to enjoy a high level of popularity, as two new teams entered the race, while Analytical Graphics Inc. rushed in to occupy the preferred partner position. The little-over-a-year-old Lunar X PRIZE is a battle between an increasing number of teams in order to scoop the... |
8 October 2008
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