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Google Will Conquer The Final Frontier With Simplicity

3:20AM July 28, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

It’s no secret: Google loves space. The company sponsors the $US30 million Lunar X Prize and hosts radical, detailed maps of Mars and the Moon. Tiffany Montague oversees all of these projects, coordinating Google’s effort to commercialise the cosmos. More »

MoonBots Challenge Lets Kids Simulate Lunar X Prize Landing—With Lego

12:00AM August 10, 2009 | Jack Loftus

A program called MoonBots will allow children to simulate the conditions of Google’s $US30 million Lunar X Prize—get rover to the moon, snap HD pics, kick ass—but turns up the quirkiness (and the cool factor) by incorporating Lego. More »