Internet giant Google said Thursday Dec. 27 that it will give $20 million to the first private group to land a roving robot on the lunar surface — a prize likely to start a 21st-century space race.
The competition is open to groups from around the world, as long as they get no more than 10% of their funding from government sources.
For a team to win the $20 million grand prize, its vehicle must ramble at least a quarter-mile over the lunar surface and send video back to Earth. A $10 million second prize is reserved for the first spacecraft that can't rove but still transmits data from moon to Earth.
Imagine live video feeds from the moon, all brought to us by our friends at google.
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