Google's 30 million $$ Offer!!

[shahbaz419]

Google is offering $20 million to any company which can land a robotic rover on the moon and beam images of the lunar surface back to earth.
It is $20 million for the first price and $5 million for the runner-up. $5 million bonus too ... By the way its a wonderfull offer..catch it if you can!! LoL!!
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[monhunter]

thanks i wil make i apply now, and why there are no contacting nasa for that

[elina]

I think the prize belongs to NASA.

[dee_el07]

Originally Posted by elina

I think the prize belongs to NASA.

Definitely right! 30$million is really a BIG money!I guess this game is only applicable to those who has a space ships..

[bond007]

Originally Posted by dee_el07

!I guess this game is only applicable to those who has a space ships..

Well, I must think seriously if I will use my space ship for that or I will keep it only for pleasure

[divalicious]

Originally Posted by elina

I think the prize belongs to NASA.

I agree... Definitely this is what the organization's(NASA) been doing....

[Alfredito]

I dont know, 20 mil' doesnt sound so much for a project like this... wouldent it cost more just to build up the whole thing and make it happen??

If they will offer top ranking for life for the winner.. well, thats worth a lot more then 30 mil...

[coolguy27]

What's with Google? I think they have something in mind to see the lunar surface of the moon? Hmmm.... I smell fishy $$$ from Google....

[x3mario]

Join NASA if you want a big bucks.

[Print]

Google really are obsessed with space , I wouldn't mind $30mill :p.

[x3mario]

They are just keep on expanding their business.

[007c]

Wats next google Mars? But i think it might be fun to look at moon and space pics...

[moramata]

Yes, now all top A class bloggers should drop their blogging and head straight to MIT for getting a degree in robotics. Let the competition begins

[swiftmed]

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!

[scottdizzle]

I guess this game is only applicable to those who has a space ships..

Haha.. well count me out. I drive a stinkin 1993 car.. there's no way I can afford to make a SPACESHIP! Come on Google.. I read on THEIR blog that they don't know how to spend all their money.. Can't they just build their own spaceship?

By the way.. I wish I was frustrated today.. so frustrated that I felt I needed to write a blog about how I can't SPEND ALL MY MONEY!

[Thomas Schulz]

Perhaps more bounties will help inspire private companies like it helped in getting private companies building planes that could orbit earth in space? (And much cheaper than NASA afaik)

[info4beingrich]

Besides I think there is also a contest for kids on the same lines and they are offering $5k in prize for that contest too..

[scottdizzle]

Perhaps more bounties will help inspire private companies like it helped in getting private companies building planes that could orbit earth in space?

Nice point.. I shouldn't have been so quick to make a joke about it.

[lastsmoke]

Maybe $30 million is nothing for a company which can land a robotic rover on the moon.

[Thomas Schulz]

But 30$ million times 10 is something. I think the only true hard-to-solve problem is the cost of sending things out into space.

Building a robot that can travel the moon and send signals back should be quite doable with all the research there has been + technology development.

It always good to get a fresh look at things - just like the private companies did for space orbiting planes. Personally, I think if this trend continues, it could very well help the private sector become a player in space in e.g. 10-30 years.