Google heads to the moon

February 22nd, 2008 | Category: Marketing and Advertising, Google, Launches

Already dominating life here on soil, Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) is now making plans to conquer outer space too.

Google announced the Google Lunar X Prize yesterday at its headquarters in Mountain View, California. The competition offers $30 million in prizes to anyone who can get a robot to the moon and send back pictures and other notes.

According to an article in Friday’s

New York Times, 10 teams have joined the competition. The teams include robotic experts from American universities, an Italian aerospace company, the Aeronautics and Cosmonautics Romanian organization, and a group of engineers who will work together online.

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Original post by Michael Rainey

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