MD195 – The Google Lunar X PRIZE, interview with Will Pomerantz
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In September of 2007, Google announced it will sponsor an X Prize Foundation contest to award $20 million to the first non-governmental organization that lands a robot explorer on the moon by the year 2012, named the Google Lunar X Prize. Second place and bonus prizes of $5 million each will be awarded as well, extending the competition into 2014. We spoke to Will Pomerantz, Director of Space Projects, about the program, and what to expect from the X Prize Foundation in the future.
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