The Google Lunar X Prize, sometimes referred to as simply Moon 2.0,[1][2] is a space competition A space competition is an offer of a prize to be given to the first competitor who demonstrates a space vehicle, or a space exploration apparatus, which meets a set of pre-established criteria. It spurs pioneering development in private spaceflight organized by the X Prize Foundation The X Prize Foundation is a non-profit prize institute that designs and manages public competitions intended to encourage technological development that could benefit mankind, and sponsored by Google Google Inc. is an American public corporation, earning revenue from advertising related to its Internet search, e-mail, online mapping, office productivity, social networking, and video sharing services as well as selling advertising-free versions of the same technologies. Google has also developed an open source web browser and a mobile operating. It was announced at the Wired Nextfest Wired is a full-color monthly American magazine and on-line periodical, published since March 1993, that reports on how technology affects culture, the economy, and politics. Owned by Condé Nast Publications, it is published in San Francisco, California on 13 September 2007.[3]
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