[Robotgroup] Google Lunar X Prize

[Robert Carter]

On Sep 21, 2007, at 10:46 AM, Royce Hart wrote:

> *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.

So the team not only has to get a working robot to the moon, they  
have to survive too?
What if one member of the team succumbs to a NoDoz-induced coronary,  
is the whole team disqualified?

:)

Robert Carter
Visual Resources Collection
School of Architecture
The University of Texas at Austin
rcarter at ischool.utexas.edu