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Old 09-14-2007, 02:55 AM   #1
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Default Re: Google promises $30,000,000 for robot in the moon

Originally Posted by mrmojo77
Google has offered to pay $30,000,000 to the one who send a moving robot to the moon and transmits pictures from there.
$5,000,000 can be earned with a nonmoving camera in the moon and same amount can be earned by finding water or ice, moving over 5km or taking pics of the abandoned lunar vehicles.
http://science.slashdot.org/article....21259&from=rss

Interesting offer IMO. I think they're willing to break the conspiracy theory about lunar landings.
$30,000,000? hehehe what a joke - it costs more to buy a freaking commuter jet - who is going to be stupid enough to spend a billion to win 30 mil?
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Old 09-14-2007, 10:35 AM   #2
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heh, 30 million would barely get the rocket off the grown let alone land a functional rover onto the moon.

What the hell are they smoking over at the Googleplex...
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Old 09-14-2007, 01:18 PM   #3
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Originally Posted by mrmojo77
Originally Posted by dutchmasterflex
heh, 30 million would barely get the rocket off the grown let alone land a functional rover onto the moon.
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Are you sure?
Yes... even with the cheapest meathods... getting a new rocket developed just to send stuff into orbit would be roughly 100,000,000...
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Old 09-14-2007, 02:11 PM   #4
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Stupid handwriting recognition thought 'ground' was 'grown'. Didn't even realize it. ops:
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