Oct 7 2008
From The Space Library
The X Prize Foundation of Santa Monica, California, announced that two new teams, Independence-X Aerospace and Omega Envoy, had joined the Google Lunar X Prize competition, bringing the total number of registered teams to 14. Mohd Izmar Yamin led Independence-X Aerospace, a Malaysian team, and three University of Central Florida students—Jason Dunn, Justin Karl, and Rubin D. Nunez—led Omega Envoy. The Google Lunar X Prize competition was offering a US$20 million grand prize to the first team to land a privately funded spacecraft on the Moon, move it 500 meters, and transmit data, images, and video back to Earth. The X Prize Foundation was also offering a US$5 million prize to the second-place winner, as well as additional bonus prizes valued at US$5 million. The deadline to collect the full purse was 31 December 2012.
Space.com, “New Teams Join Private Race to Moon,” 9 October 2008, http://www.space.com/5957-teams-joinprivate-race-moon.html (accessed 11 August 2011); Google Lunar X Prize, “Announcing Our Newest Preferred Partner, Analytical Graphics, Inc., and Two New Teams,” 7 October 2008, http://www.googlelunarxprize.org/lunar/featured-article/announcing-our-newest-preferred-partner-analytical-graphics-inc-and-two-new-t (accessed 17 August 2011).
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