Google backs private Moon landing, Google is offering a $30m prize pot to private firms that land a |
Google backs private Moon landing, Google is offering a $30m prize pot to private firms that land a |
 Sep 14 2007, 08:02 AM
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FROM: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6993373.stm
Firms interested in trying for the prize have until the end of 2012 to mount their Moonshot Anyone fancy a crack at this? Cheers Brian -------------------- "There are 10 types of people in the world - those who understand binary code, and those who don't."
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Sep 15 2007, 01:49 PM
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Oh, just to talk a little about the Apollo landing sites, well, if someone could land something there, it'd prove once and for all that we did land there, so the Apollo conspirators could go back to Mars or something else.
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Sep 15 2007, 02:03 PM
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QUOTE (tuvas @ Sep 15 2007, 02:49 PM)  Apollo conspirators You underestimate the level of creativity of those guys. They'd claim that either the hardware had been deposited, unmanned, more recently - or that the visiting spacecraft was simply part of the conspiracy itself. Doug |
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Sep 20 2007, 03:30 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 428 Joined: 21-August 06 From: Tucson, AZ Member No.: 1062 |
QUOTE (djellison @ Sep 15 2007, 07:03 AM) You underestimate the level of creativity of those guys. They'd claim that either the hardware had been deposited, unmanned, more recently - or that the visiting spacecraft was simply part of the conspiracy itself. Okay, it wouldn't convince the diehards, but it would convince just about anyone else... I mean, if you can see the footprints, can see the leftover lander equipment, from a totally private enterprise, well, that's quite a feat to deny... |
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SkyeLab Google backs private Moon landing Sep 14 2007, 08:02 AM
djellison I can understand how and my why the first X-Prize ... Sep 14 2007, 09:57 AM
Paolo Amoroso QUOTE (djellison @ Sep 14 2007, 11:57 AM)... Sep 14 2007, 10:51 AM
mcaplinger QUOTE (Paolo Amoroso @ Sep 14 2007, 03:51... Sep 14 2007, 01:39 PM JRehling QUOTE (djellison @ Sep 14 2007, 02:57 AM)... Sep 14 2007, 06:42 PM SkyeLab I thought this was an interesting add on (from the... Sep 14 2007, 12:38 PM djellison QUOTE (SkyeLab @ Sep 14 2007, 01:38 PM) D... Sep 14 2007, 01:00 PM SpaceListener QUOTE (djellison @ Sep 14 2007, 08:00 AM)... Sep 14 2007, 02:09 PM Toma B QUOTE (SkyeLab @ Sep 14 2007, 02:38 PM) .... Sep 14 2007, 01:03 PM SkyeLab How about the Planetary Society?
Emily? Sep 14 2007, 01:15 PM djellison http://www.spacetethers.com/massfraction.html
VER... Sep 14 2007, 01:19 PM AndyG On paper it's a bit better than a cubesat.
If... Sep 14 2007, 01:25 PM djellison QUOTE (AndyG @ Sep 14 2007, 02:25 PM) dry... Sep 14 2007, 02:01 PM djellison I didn't know Kaguya had it onboard - hopefull... Sep 14 2007, 02:15 PM mcaplinger QUOTE (djellison @ Sep 14 2007, 07:15 AM)... Sep 14 2007, 03:21 PM nprev This Google prize is getting a LOT of media attent... Sep 14 2007, 02:57 PM Paolo Amoroso QUOTE (nprev @ Sep 14 2007, 04:57 PM) Not... Sep 14 2007, 03:46 PM AndyG QUOTE (nprev @ Sep 14 2007, 03:57 PM) EDI... Sep 14 2007, 03:49 PM dvandorn QUOTE (AndyG @ Sep 14 2007, 10:49 AM) Wou... Sep 14 2007, 05:08 PM climber QUOTE (dvandorn @ Sep 14 2007, 07:08 PM) ... Sep 17 2007, 05:18 PM marsbug What about the five million dollar secound prize? ... Sep 14 2007, 03:43 PM AscendingNode So google will give $20 million to the first ... Sep 14 2007, 04:22 PM djellison Thinking out loud - if you can get to GEO as a pig... Sep 14 2007, 05:14 PM nprev Yeah; I was wondering about opportune piggybacks a... Sep 14 2007, 05:23 PM Jim from NSF.com QUOTE (nprev @ Sep 14 2007, 01:23 PM) Yea... Sep 28 2007, 12:35 PM nprev QUOTE (Jim from NSF.com @ Sep 28 2007, 04... Dec 4 2007, 03:59 AM Phil Stooke Well, the artifacts need not be Apollo - they coul... Sep 14 2007, 05:24 PM nprev The Google link that AscendingNode posted had a pr... Sep 14 2007, 05:32 PM nprev Beginning to wonder if they're just trying to ... Sep 15 2007, 01:49 AM dvandorn I think it's worth pointing out, here, that Go... Sep 15 2007, 05:22 AM tuvas Something else that no one has said about Google b... Sep 15 2007, 01:48 PM ugordan My thoughts exactly there, Doug. It's pointles... Sep 15 2007, 02:26 PM nprev Believe it or not, I used to work with a contracto... Sep 16 2007, 01:12 AM Stu This week's "Carnival of Space" has ... Sep 20 2007, 04:13 PM Del Palmer Looks like the cringemaster wants a piece of the a... Sep 28 2007, 11:26 AM djellison Nahh - we're doing balloons
Doug Sep 28 2007, 11:40 AM cndwrld I was at the International Aeronautical Congress c... Oct 1 2007, 11:44 AM Moon Saloon QUOTE (cndwrld @ Oct 1 2007, 03:44 AM) It... Dec 3 2007, 04:03 AM |
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