The Google Lunar X Prize’s Race to the Moon Is Over. Nobody Won
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Re: The Google Lunar X Prize’s Race to the Moon Is Over. Nobody Won
#2I think there's still a private race to the moon. Some companies, notably, Astrobotic and Moon Express still seem set on getting there and have business models even though they dropped out of the Google contest.
http://robohub.org/glxp-update-penn-state-lunar-lions-now-in...
Re: The Google Lunar X Prize’s Race to the Moon Is Over. Nobody Won
#3Sad.. I always thought that the most innovative method for winning the space X prize would involve blasting many tiny robots to the moon, perhaps using balloon assisted launch.
Re: The Google Lunar X Prize’s Race to the Moon Is Over. Nobody Won
#4Sad.. I always thought that the most innovative method for winning the space X prize would involve blasting many tiny robots to the moon, perhaps using balloon assisted launch.
The spacecraft was also required to travel 500 meters and transmit high-def video back to earth.
Re: The Google Lunar X Prize’s Race to the Moon Is Over. Nobody Won
#5Sad.. I always thought that the most innovative method for winning the space X prize would involve blasting many tiny robots to the moon, perhaps using balloon assisted launch.
The spacecraft was also required to travel 500 meters and transmit high-def video back to earth.
I always thought someone would put a tiny rover, perhaps a couple of kg, there and make it work. Using non-space-rated electronics, and making it up on the shielding is pretty risky, not NASA style but I figured for sure someone would roll the dice.
Re: The Google Lunar X Prize’s Race to the Moon Is Over. Nobody Won
#6I think there's still a private race to the moon. Some companies, notably, Astrobotic and Moon Express still seem set on getting there and have business models even though they dropped out of the Google contest. http://robohub.org/glxp-update-penn-state-lunar-lions-now-in...
There's the NASA CubeQuest challenge. Cubesats on the EM-1 mission.
Re: The Google Lunar X Prize’s Race to the Moon Is Over. Nobody Won
#7Sad.. I always thought that the most innovative method for winning the space X prize would involve blasting many tiny robots to the moon, perhaps using balloon assisted launch.
The spacecraft was also required to travel 500 meters and transmit high-def video back to earth.
Or transmit high-def video back to earth from over an area of 500 meters. ( I always assumed the 'traveled' part was fungible )
Re: The Google Lunar X Prize’s Race to the Moon Is Over. Nobody Won
#8The X Prizes have a fairly lousy track record so far. Disappointing, and rather damning for the "moonshot" approach to innovation (as opposed to good old fashioned incremental engineering)
Re: The Google Lunar X Prize’s Race to the Moon Is Over. Nobody Won
#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
The spacecraft was also required to travel 500 meters and transmit high-def video back to earth.
I always thought someone would put a tiny rover, perhaps a couple of kg, there and make it work. Using non-space-rated electronics, and making it up on the shielding is pretty risky, not NASA style but I figured for sure someone would roll the dice.
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Re: The Google Lunar X Prize’s Race to the Moon Is Over. Nobody Won
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
The spacecraft was also required to travel 500 meters and transmit high-def video back to earth.
I always thought someone would put a tiny rover, perhaps a couple of kg, there and make it work. Using non-space-rated electronics, and making it up on the shielding is pretty risky, not NASA style but I figured for sure someone would roll the dice.
If you were going to spend the enormous amount of money required to send something to the moon, you'd probably use space-rated electronics. I'm guessing the electronics make up a minuscule fraction of the cost, so why risk a super expensive mission to save a relatively small amount of money?