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Re:List of Unsolved Scientific Problems with Large Monetary ... by zerooneinfinity on Wednesday May 13, 2015 @12:06PM (#9539967)
I'm surprised SpaceX doesn't go for the Lunar prize.
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Re:List of Unsolved Scientific Problems with Large Monetary ... by greglindahl on Wednesday May 13, 2015 @12:22PM (#9540070)
The current plan [1] is for several teams to pool their money and launch together on a SpaceX rocket. Once they arrive together on the lunar surface, then they'll race to see who wins the prize. SpaceX will be paid their normal launch fee.

[1] http://lunar.xprize.org/press-release/two-google-lunar-xpriz...

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