In 2016 There’s Going to Be a FREAKING MOON RACE!
The Google Lunar XPrize is a $30 Million contest designed to put privately funded and operated rovers on the moon, because it has been too long since we’ve done some cool moon stuff. That’s already interesting, but here’s where it gets better: Astrobiotic of the USA and Hakuto of Japan are sending a total of three rovers on a Space X Falcon 9 rocket.
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