The Google Lunar X Prize folks are holding a two-day summit on everyone’s favorite (favourite?) space center/tax haven, the Isle of Man. Euroluna posted the above video with Team Leader Palle Haastrup in which he summarizes discussions that took place on Monday morning. He’s a little difficult to understand given the background noise, but he does mention progress on a Master Team Agreement that will set the rules of the […]

Officials from the Google Lunar X Prize announced two brand new teams today during a teleconference, bringing to 16 the number of groups competing for the $30 million prize to land a rover on the moon.

The two new teams are EuroLuna, with members in Denmark, Switzerland and Italy; and a joint Sino-European team called Selene. Each team brings a different approach to the tasks.

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