Google Lunar Xprize competiton.

 Race to moon .

• WHAT IS THE GOOGLE LUNAR XPRIZE?

• The $30M "Google Lunar Xprize" is an unprecedented competition to challenge and inspire engineers, entrepreneurs and innovators from around the world to develop low-cost methods of robotic space exploration. To win the Google Lunar XPRIZE, a privately funded team must be the first to do these three tasks .

1. SUCCESSFULLY PLACE A SPACECRAFT ON THE MOON’S SURFACE .
2. TRAVEL 500 METERS .
3. TRANSMIT HIGH-DEFINITION VIDEO AND IMAGES BACK TO EARTH .

• Mission Overview