Google Sponsors Lunar Prize

Google continues to sponsor lunar exploration with a new prize to promote commercial exploration of the Moon (Space.com - Google to Sponsor $30 Million Lunar X Prize):

Silicon Valley giant Google Inc. is teaming with the X Prize Foundation to launch a commercial race to the Moon with $30 million in incentives to collect along the way. [...] The goal of the new prize will be to land a privately funded robotic rover on the Moon that is capable of completing several mission objectives, such as: roaming the lunar surface to a distance of at least 1,640 feet (500 meters) and relaying video, images and data back to Earth.

This stunning development is sure to capture the imagination of millions of Earth-bound humans as we begin to actively participate in lunar exploration. Brilliant!