AA recent article in Popular Mechanics covered the criteria and goals of the Moon X Prize. While interesting they do not require that the rover do any science which is one item that I think they left off of the qualifying critieria for winning the prize. Like the Apollo program they have overlooked the key element or reason for going to the moon which is to learn more about ourselves and our origins. If they had added the necessity for some type of meaningful and successful scientific experiment they would have increased the value of the effort and the prize expotentially. This is not to suggest that having an amateur or private group actually get a rover to the moon is not a challenge but with a science package on board it would have more depth and meaning.
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