Put a robot on the moon, win $30 million

rubberbandball writes: Google joined with the X Prize Foundation on Thursday to offer up to $30 million in a competition for privately financed groups to reach the moon with robotic rovers.

The X Prize Foundation organized the competition that produced the first privately financed human spaceflights in 2004 with a $10 million purse.

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