Saturday, June 14, 2008

ESA thinks X-Prize teams are Privateers

Crater expectations: privateers chase lunar prize

Nearly four decades after humans first set foot on the Moon, our astronomical neighbour is still exerting a powerful attraction for would-be explorers. Several private teams of scientists have already started working to land the first ever commercially-funded robot on the surface, in a race worth millions in prize-money to the winners. EuroNews met these teams.
More HERE.