Enabling Future Exploration of the Moon with the Google Lunar X PRIZE
- Paper number
IAC-12,D3,3,1,x14488
- Author
Ms. Amanda Stiles, SpaceX, United States
- Year
2012
- Abstract
The Google Lunar X PRIZE was launched in 2007 to incentivize commercial robotic exploration of the lunar surface. Offering a cumulative prize of $30 million US dollars to the first privately-funded teams to land and travel 500m on the Moon’s surface, the Google Lunar X PRIZE plans to usher in this new era of lunar exploration by rewarding commercial entities that can meet the technical challenge in a cost-effective manner. A majority of teams that are participating in the competition are aggressively working toward maximizing their capability to serve future customers in academic, government, and commercial sectors, with the goal of establishing sustainable businesses and acquiring customers well beyond the winning of the Google Lunar X PRIZE prize purses. Teams have identified opportunities in providing hardware, products, and services to government and commercial entities, including potential exploitation of lunar resources and scouting missions that will help to enable future exploration endeavors of the Moon and beyond. This paper and the accompanying presentation will discuss the current status of teams competing in the prize and capabilities for supporting future operations and exploration of the Moon.
- Abstract document
- Manuscript document
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