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  • As Countdown Looms, Israel’s Moon Bid Already a Winner

    02/25/2014 4:13:33 PM PST · by lbryce · 24 replies
    Times of Israel ^ | February 23, 2014 | David Shamah
    Daniel Saat, business development manager for SpaceIL, is reasonably confident that the lunar lander the Israeli spaceship organization is working on will beat out the competition and reach the moon, winning the big $30 million prize being offered by Google in its LunarX challenge. “Our intelligence sources tell us that Israel’s LunarX satellite is one of the two or three top contenders to win this contest,” Saat told The Times of Israel on Sunday. And he’s also pretty certain the 140 kilogram spacecraft will actually land safely on the moon and perform the stunts Google requires to award the prize...