Mahalo Daily » xprize http://www.mahalodaily.com A fun-filled take on a variety of topics from across the web, with all new episodes Monday through Friday. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 07:47:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 en hourly 1 MD195 – The Google Lunar X PRIZE, interview with Will Pomerantz http://www.mahalodaily.com/2008/08/27/md195-the-google-lunar-x-prize-interview-with-will-pomerantz/ http://www.mahalodaily.com/2008/08/27/md195-the-google-lunar-x-prize-interview-with-will-pomerantz/#comments Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:21:54 +0000 Mahalo Daily http://www.mahalodaily.com/?p=290
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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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