Dont know if any of you heard but Google is giving away 20 million dollars to the first person who can build and place a roving robot on the moon that is able to send back photos, 1 GB of data and the robot is able to move at least somewhere around 1200 feet on the moons surface. Runner up will receive 5 million along with other cash prizes to those who enter that offer something inovative.
Any source of this info?? Coz. NASA is spending billions to achieve this and G is acting as a cheap one! Any company who would take on this challenge would want at least a billion dollars totherwise they would be fool to do so!
According to the news story I saw last night Google believes that the private sector can do it cheaper than any govermental agency.
exactly. ^^ $20 mil can buy a nice big house on the ocean a yacht and a couple of cars... not a rover that can land on the moon and directly send 1gb files back to earth. And think of the expenses in launching that rover.... But I bet anything that Russia will try it (their space program will do anything for$$$)
It is $20 million for the first price and $5 million for the runner-up. $5 million bonus too... Whatever; it is a generous offer. .
Google's going to regret this when my self-made moon rocket explodes in my backyard, demolishing the neighborhood.
I'm sure I could make a robot for about 50quid, but I have no way of getting it there! Perhaps tie it onto the next rocket leaving nasa?
Why put the shop in your backyard just put it in the Google headquarters. ï® Remember you are working to accomplish something for them. ï® So, ask for office space and make sure those two rich kids are there when that thing blow off.
Can anybody give us a source to this, is this actually a true challange that google is giving, or some kind of pirate joke that sombody somewhere has decided to spread?
That's pretty cool, I think it can be done for less then 20 million. I think the guy who built his own rocket and flew into other space did it for less then 100,000.
they can even update their damn toolbar and are offering 20 million on something they have nothing to do with. we are all waiting here for our update and they are making plans on a different planet. they need a rocket shot into their asses to straighten out their priorities.