Private Lunar mission and the future of space tourism

By Zakutnyaya Olga, Teams from America, Europe and Asia compete for the Google Lunar X-Prize. At stake are $30 mln. The aim is to send privately funded mission to the Moon, to land a robot on its surface able to travel 500 meters and send back to Earth video, images and data. A rover has to reach the Moon before the end of 2015. Tags: Moon, World, Commentary, space, Sci-Tech, Russia, Читать далее, Source: Voice of Russia