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Want to send a spacecraft to the moon and win a whole bunch of money?
So did a whole bunch of other people, and now five teams are in the final running to do just that in the Google Lunar XPrize contest. So when do these spacecrafts hope to make it to the Moon?
In IT Blogwatch, we get ready for launch.
So what is going on? Luke Stangel has the background:
Five teams have advanced to the final stage of competition for Google’s...lunar lander contest...Each of the teams will have until Dec. 31 to get their lunar landers into orbit...The first team to...land on the Moon, travel 500 meters and broadcast high-definition photos and video back to Earth will win...$20 million. There are smaller prizes for second place and other achievements.
Pretty exciting. Who are the five teams remaining? Irene Klotz has the details:
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