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- lisapham, on 10/10/2007, -4/+63I seriously believe Google will rule the entire galaxy within the next 50 years.
- Fire4Effect, on 10/13/2007, -2/+47I've already strapped a digital camera onto my Roomba. Now all I need is a rocket......
- smittyfree, on 10/13/2007, -7/+45They're also giving a bonus $5million if the robot can prove the moon is made of cheese.
- smackywentz, on 10/10/2007, -4/+33I wonder if these robots will send back pictures of the American flag and the lunar rover....
/conspiracy
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/. - spyd3rweb, on 10/10/2007, -0/+24Its time to give NASA some free market competition.
- kakwakas, on 10/10/2007, -0/+19No, they want premium adspace on the moon.
- beguiledfoil, on 10/10/2007, -0/+15Google doesn't go "down"... It's not a single dingy server in Idaho...
- nytel, on 10/10/2007, -3/+17Google just wants to populate the moon with robots.
- BossKey, on 10/10/2007, -1/+15'cause they think it's cool. 30 million is nothing to them, so they think, why not.
- otakushark, on 10/10/2007, -0/+11You could say the same thing about the original X-Prize, but that didn't stop lots of people from trying.
- kakwakas, on 10/10/2007, -0/+10http://www.estesrockets.com/ :D
- sukimashita, on 10/10/2007, -0/+10It's called "photoshoped" here on digg.
- afruff23, on 10/10/2007, -1/+10Doesn't $30million seem a bit small to anybody for doing something like this? Just think about all the R&D and the expensive materials and the high possibility of failure.
- Van3ck, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9Because they can?
I for one am excited to see space exploration coming to the "public sector" as opposed to being limited to just government funded agencies... things are going to get very interesting within the next 50 years, and I applaud Google for taking some initiative. - MonkeyFit, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9I heard it's TWO servers in Iowa.
- SteelChicken, on 10/10/2007, -1/+9thats like giving someone $100 to drive across the continent.
- alchemyguy, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7Wow... a google moon landing. That's bizarre. I wonder what's next, will google find the cure for cancer? Maybe they will invent dark matter!?!? Who knows?
- Armor1901, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8It's so they can put Google Streets up there on the moon
Google Moon - MacEnvy, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7*except in China
- spyd3rweb, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6Battlebots mars edition? i'll only watch if Bill Nye is involved
- mashw, on 10/10/2007, -2/+8Because Google is an amazing company and symbolize all that is good about the free world in my opinion.
Freedom of information, freedom from censorship. - otakushark, on 10/10/2007, -2/+8That would be worth it just to shut those guys up. Of course, they'd just claim the photos were staged.
"There are no stars! The shadows aren't parallel! The film would freeze!" - spyd3rweb, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6it seems small compared to a bloated government agencies budget of course.
- Monk22, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5well how much money has nasa spent in their existence on rocket tech? what would you expect?
- Theisos, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5World Peace!
- Frnnkdlxx, on 10/10/2007, -2/+7That joke was Cheesy... *slaps head*..... *****....
- kelpdip, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5Don't you see? There is no Google either.
- warbird, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Maybe google finally is gonna make that lunar job into reality?
http://www.google.com/jobs/lunar_job.html - jignesh22, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4and they're gonna buy the company whose robot can post video of solar eclipse, as seen from moon, on youtube
- MonkeyFit, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Their goal is to index and learn everything in the universe. Then they will destroy it so no new information can be made and their work will finally be complete.
- devilbody, on 10/10/2007, -4/+7lol robot jokes, lol mars rover, lol moon landing, lol america going into space! LOL! to it all, but really, you know what's going on? Progress, I like progress. I know I won't be going warp speed anytime soon, but, maybe, just maybe my blood, tears and sweat will.
- didiman, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3The reason it is not happening now is due to the fact that there is currently little monetary value in space exploration.
- Frnnkdlxx, on 10/10/2007, -2/+5Well if you agree to split the prize with me 50/50, me and my guys can kidnap Bill O'Reilly and trap him in a box.
...That's about the same energy that is released in a nuclear explosion... - psevium, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3http://www.googlelunarxprize.org/
Actual site for it - hixsonj, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Not if the Nibblonians have anything to do with it...
- Ocelot13, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4they should send it to mars...and have some robot vs robot action going on up there against the mars rover.
$10 on the rover....whos with me? - jasorn, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Yes, it does. And I did say the same thing about the X-Prize. Especially considering how much money the folks who put up these prizes have. $1.5 billion for youtube? Surely, you could up this to $500 million.
- thepain353, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2but i don't think flame throwers work on mars
- nerfnick, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2http://www.google.com/moon/
- pastasauce, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3Expect to see giant "Ads by Google" by the end of next year.
- raymore, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2The Galaxy? Buried for being inaccurate. It's the Universe.
(Please note: I actually dugg your comment.) - patientXero, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Google Moon-Crawlers?
- matude, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2invent?
- zarex, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2This is a pure PR stunt. There is no viable way to get into orbit reliably, much less to the moon, with a $20m budget (or anywhere close). These challenges are only interesting if there's some possibility someone can accomplish it (Xprize). The press should know better than to fall for this.
- johnnyzero, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2i agree, this is not really even a reasonable prize for such an endeavor.
Paul Allen sank more than $30 mil into getting the first X-prize and that was just to 100km. Launching to the Moon is a huge endeavor and the requirements of the prize make the chances of success even more slim. Bummer. - level, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Maybe they will get a shot of the base on the back of the moon.
- ruz322, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Silly kids. We all know Google just wants someone to give them a free ride up there so they can have street view pics.
- R34C7, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1The free market would do a better job than NASA IF there were any profit potential in doing so... even $30 million is a drop in the bucket for space research (good step in the right direction however). There is no marketability in it. Even considering sending people into orbit; there is little to no financial benefit because of the lack of people capable of affording the million dollar ticket prices. When we find that the entire core of the moon is made of the most valuable material known to man, colonization begins, or technology makes high power rocket launches inexpensive (unlikely without industries researching technology with profit as a driver) we will see private sector expansion in the industry.
- Laibcoms, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I Godzilla, You Google
- robertgoodwin, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Actually, I did hear on the radio yesterday that additional award money would be available if one of the entries can send back images of man-made artifacts, which would presumably include equipment from any of the Apollo missions or any number of unmanned missions. I haven't found confirmation of this on the web, however.
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