Odyssey Moon
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On December 6, 2007, Odyssey Moon was the first team to register for the Google Lunar X Prize competition,[1] an event that hopes to rekindle the efforts of man to return to the moon. The competition is referred to as "Moon 2.0" and will be comprised of other private organizations like Odyssey Moon Limited, the commercial lunar enterprise that makes up this team.[2] Each team will be competing for a $20 million first prize, a $5 million second prize, and and additional $5 million in (potential) bonuses.[3]
The Planetary Society, an international space interest group co-founded by Carl Sagan, has joined Odyssey Moon's efforts, specifically with public outreach and coordination between public and private organizations.[1]
Odyssey Moon Limited is based on The Isle of Man,[2] and is the design of Dr. Robert (Bob) Richards.[3]
The team's goals are to build and deploy a robotic lander that will deliver exploration as well as scientific payloads to the moon. The new lander/spacecraft has been dubbed "MoonOne (M-1)".[4] These efforts have been contracted to MacDonald Dettwiler, a Canadian corporation with a successful history of providing technical space solutions for several NASA projects including the Space Shuttle and the International Space Station.[2]
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- ^ a b Odyssey Moon Limited. odysseymoon.com. Retrieved on 2008-02-06.
- ^ a b c Odyssey Moon first off the mark for the Google Lunar X PRIZE. space.co.uk. Retrieved on 2008-02-06.
- ^ a b Odyssey Moon Announced as First Official Competitor in the Google Lunar X PRIZE. googlelunarxprize.org. Retrieved on 2008-02-06.
- ^ Private race to the moon (and money) takes off. msnbc.com. Retrieved on 2008-02-22.
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