Google Over the Moon!

What?!!

Google has recently sponsored the Lunar X-Prize – awards worth $30 million for landing a privately funded robotic rover on the Moon.

The deal is that the rover will land on the moon and flash data and video back to earth. The first team to do so will bag a 20 million US dollar prize. On the other hand, the first runner up will get 5 million USD, and there will be one more bonus prize of the same value. A number of teams around the globe will be participating in the competition.

Why over the moon?

According to Google, this move will encourage breakthroughs in technology, at the same time inspiring the young internet-generation crowd towards undertaking more of technical challenges. This is also aimed at renewing public interest in the fields of computer science, engineering and maths.

Moon 2.0

The competition will have a great emphasis on the Internet, so the nickname Moon 2.0!

Implications for the Internet

The Internet will –

a) Bring the competition on a worldwide scale.

b) Provide cash to spur innovation and experimentation.

c) Drive dot-com tycoons into sponsoring the contenders.

d) Instigate the next technological revolution.

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Well, the countdown has begun…