German Team Part-Time-Scientists Enters $30 Google Lunar X PRIZE Competition

webwire ^ | 06/25/09

[KevinDavis]

GERMAN TEAM PART-TIME-SCIENTISTS
ENTERS $30 MILLION GOOGLE LUNAR X PRIZE COMPETITION

Berlin, Germany .– Today, Team Part-Time-Scientists announced its official entry into the Google Lunar X PRIZE competition, marking Germany’s debut in this new race to the Moon. The team joins the $30 million contest that challenges space professionals and engineers from across the globe to build and launch a privately funded spacecraft to the Moon. The spacecraft must complete a series of exploration and transmission tasks as outlined in the competition’s official rules. Team Part-Time-Scientists, headquartered in Berlin, Germany has seven team members and is among 19 teams from 42 countries that are competing for their share of the multi-million dollar prize purse.

[KevinDavis]

Maybe a freeper team??

[KevinDavis]

[JRandomFreeper]

For USD $30? Hit abuse and get the admin to put M behind the 30 in the title. ;)

For 30MUSD, I'd hit it. Dibs on QA and communications reviews.

/johnny

[KevinDavis]

That was the actual title that I copied..

[JRandomFreeper]

Man, journalists and editors really suck these days. No wonder their businesses are dropping like flies.

/johnny

[KevinDavis]

I know what you mean....

[Reaganesque]

I was going to say...Dang, the X Prize people have gotten really cheap! LOL!

[SunkenCiv]

The team joins the $30 million contest that challenges space professionals and engineers from across the globe to build and launch a privately funded spacecraft to the Moon. The spacecraft must complete a series of exploration and transmission tasks as outlined in the competition's official rules.

The X-Prize was $10 million just to get to suborbital space twice in whatever period of time, and the winner spent more than $10 million to do it. $30 million for robot to the Moon and back seems, uh, a little chintzy.