Crater expectations: privateers chase lunar prize

Nearly four decades after humans first set foot on the Moon, our astronomical neighbour is still exerting a powerful attraction for would-be explorers. Several private teams of scientists have already started working to land the first ever commercially-funded robot on the surface, in a race worth millions in prize-money to the winners. EuroNews met these teams.

Link: http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEM2F7VG3HF_index_0.html

Time: 13. Jun. 2008

Feed: ESA Top News

Topics: lunar, prize