Race to the 8th Continent: Google XPrize Revives the Lunar Landing

There are two things that separate Moon Express from the typical Silicon Valley robotics startup. Most notably, as the company's name suggests, its robot won't simply roam quietly over your carpet — it will travel close to 240,000 miles before landing gently on the surface of the moon

Achieving this is far from simple: Only three countries have ever made it to the moon's surface, and no private enterprise has ever come close. Secondly: Moon Express is racing. And not in typical business fashion where winners are measured by revenues and units sold. This is a modern space race in which Moon Express is one of 18 teams from around the world sprinting toward takeoff Read more...