PROJECT TITLE :

Can Google fly us to the Moon?

ABSTRACT:

Soon. Earth may send a stream of robotic probes to the moon, as a replacement· race to our 'eighth continent' is heating up. This time. though, the running will not be created by government-led 'agencies like NASA and ESA. Instead, non-public companies are , leading the way. with tech giant Google' providing the incentives. Spurring ' inventors from around the planet may be a $30m reward, the Google Lunar XPrize. The mission: to successfully deploy a robotic craft on the lunar surface; make it move a minimum of 500 metres, and send high-definition 'mooncasts' back to Earth.