Monk and his I.T. Junk

So, Google are running a competition and offering a large sum of money as the prize (currently $30m) - the website is here. Great, that could keep the Abbey going for some time. I quite like the idea of this competition as it’s somewhat more engaging than trying to launch a rocket into space - not that I’m saying that was easy or dull - it’s just that there are a much wider array of skills required to not only get a rocket into space but land it on the moon, engage a rover, move it around, and gather telemetry.

The official competition guidelines state:

COMPETITION GUIDELINES: To win the Google Lunar X PRIZE, a team must successfully land a privately funded craft on the lunar surface and survive long enough to complete the mission goals of roaming about the lunar surface for at least 500 meters and sending a defined data package, called a “Mooncast”, back to Earth.

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