$30 million Google Lunar X PRIZE

26 teams from around the world are currently building robots, rockets, and lunar landers to win the $30 million Google Lunar X PRIZE. Teams from America, Europe and Asia compete for the Google Lunar X-Prize. At stake are $30 mln. The aim is to send privately funded mission to the Moon, to land a robot on its surface able to travel 500 meters and send back to Earth video, images and data. A rover has to reach the Moon before the end of 2015.