From the AP, we have Google Sponsors $30 Million Moon Contest.
Google Inc. is bankrolling a $30 million out-of-this-world prize to the first private company that can safely land a robotic rover on the moon and beam back a gigabyte of images and video to Earth, the Internet search leader said Thursday.
The rules call for a spacecraft to trek at least 1,312 feet across the lunar surface and return a package of data including self-portraits, panoramic views and near-real time videos.
Let's see, they paid $1B for YouTube! and you get $30M to send a robot to the moon, and make it drive.
Hoo-kay! I'm gonna go run out and practice my slingshot tonight. Right after the moon rises.
I think the Google folks have not just drunk the Kool-Aid(TM) but they've started snorting it (Keith Richards style.)
I'm gonna start my own competition: I'll give you $100M if you send the robot to take a drive on the Sun.
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