Google Lunar X Prize: $30 Million - CEans are you game?

[The_Big_K]

I wish we were bigger and had our own teams working on this! Have you guys heard about the Google Lunar X Prize?



About the prize:

The Google Lunar X PRIZE is a $30 million international competition to safely land a robot on the surface of the Moon, travel 500 meters over the lunar surface, and send images and data back to the Earth. Teams must be at least 90% privately funded and must be registered to compete by December 31, 2010. The first team to land on the Moon and complete the mission objectives will be awarded $20 million; the full first prize is available until December 31, 2012. After that date, the first prize will drop to $15 million. The second team to do so will be awarded $5 million. Another $5 million will awarded in bonus prizes. The final deadline for winning the prize is December 31, 2014.

I'm a perpetual optimist - CEans, form a team and get started!

For more information -

Google Lunar X PRIZE

[mahul]

Any brain waves about the funding _k??

what am i saying??
i'm only a student

[The_Big_K]

Originally Posted by mahul

Any brain waves about the funding _k??

what am i saying??
i'm only a student

Read my first sentence in above post , again


'Only a student' is not an excuse. If you have fantastic ideas, we'll arrange for the funds.

[MaRo]

Let's Think About It

[xheavenlyx]

You know biggie, even I wish we could have some funding. Well, lets see... Who knows it might happen

Bytheway, did you ask Mr. Burt Rutan about this? Are they planing to take part in this??

[mahul]

Well i do want to be a part of this....and i did read ur first sentence _k
But i would need some experience to pull off something like that
or i would need a hell lot of time.

[friendster7]

i will help u guys..i like the concepts.

[ash]

Ya know, I believe we CEans are really capable of doing this. Even if we dont join the competition, we could at least try to come out with a lunar robot!

That kind of project will require the skills of many different disciplines of engineers

[The_Big_K]

Originally Posted by ash

Ya know, I believe we CEans are really capable of doing this. Even if we dont join the competition, we could at least try to come out with a lunar robot!

That kind of project will require the skills of many different disciplines of engineers

Ash, how about getting engineers from various disciplines from your college and work on a CE - Robot? We'll need few dedicated folks who are willing to spend some extra time on weekends.

We can arrange for the funds.

[ash]

I could get a team easily.. a couple from Mechatronics and Computer Engineering. But at the moment there are internal Robocon competitions, so they are kinda busy with that (I was in it, but I left due to other commitments)

Mahul, are you up with creating a CE Robot as well? I've seen your project on the website, looks pretty good

We all cannot really collaborate physically, but we can at least share ideas on CE.

Regarding the funds, I might be able to get components from the labs for free (if I ask nicely). I've even got spare PIC 18F chips The problem may come from getting wheels, shafts or any special parts (like sensors).. depending on what kind of CE Robot we want to make!