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This is an interesting mix. > Google Lunar XPRIZE $20,000,000 Successfully launch, land, and operate a rover on the lunar surface. That almost reads like a jo
by ggchappell 11y ago
This is an interesting mix.
> Google Lunar XPRIZE $20,000,000 Successfully launch, land, and operate a rover on the lunar surface.
That almost reads like a joke. It's going to take an awful lot more than $20,000,000 to accomplish that. The prize money is nearly irrelevant.
> ALS Treatment Prize $1,000,000 Develop a therapy that extends the life of ALS mice by 25%.
I surprised this one hasn't been taken yet.
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- ohitsdom 11y agoThe Google Lunar XPRIZE already has a bunch of teams making decent progress. The $30 million[0] certainly won't fund the whole trip, but it seems to be a big enough supplement that it is encouraging institutions to give it a serious effort. That being said, I would love to see the competition and effort if the prize was increased by a factor of at least 25. [0] http://lunar.xprize.org/ http://lunar.xprize.org/