Sun, Sep 05, 2010
Event Brings Together All 22 Teams Competing For A Share
Of The $30 Million Prize
The fourth Google Lunar X PRIZE Team Summit will be hosted on
the Isle of Man on October 4-5, 2010 during the United Nations
declared World Space Week. The Isle of Man Government and the
X PRIZE Foundation said in a joint release Thursday that the
twenty-two teams competing for the Google Lunar X PRIZE will come
together to interact directly with representatives from Google and
the X PRIZE Foundation, industry experts and Space Isle
representatives from the Isle of Man.
Each of these teams is striving to claim a share of the US $30
million prize purse money by becoming the first privately funded
team to send a robot to the Moon that can travel 500 meters and
transmit video, images and data back to the Earth. Over the
course of the two day summit, the teams will present the progress
of their missions, discuss the competitions rules and judging
procedures and discuss how to best serve the educational mission of
the competition while working on their lunar robots. Teams will
also meet with key officials and space companies that operate on
the Isle of Man, who will provide information and advice to help
the teams. Team members and other experts will also take time to
visit with local high school students to teach them about the
exciting careers that await those who apply themselves in subjects
such as science, engineering and mathematics. To celebrate World
Space Week, summit attendees will attend a reception and
star-gazing in the historic Castle Rushen, Castletown, which dates
back to the 13th century.
"The Google Lunar X PRIZE has a great deal of momentum now, with
an incredible roster of teams and with major agencies such as NASA
stepping up to become customers of our teams," said William
Pomerantz, the Senior Director for Space Prizes at the non-profit X
PRIZE Foundation. "We're happy we could hold this summit
during World Space Week and in a location like the Isle of Man,
which truly represents the new era of innovative space
commerce."
"It is a great honor for the Isle of Man to be selected to host
the Google Lunar X PRIZE Summit," said Isle of Man's Minister for
Economic Development, Allan Bell MHK. "The Government has a very
pro-space orientation and we are committed to helping the space
industry flourish. For example, our track record of being at the
forefront of new industries resulted in the Isle of Man
successfully bidding to host the International Institute of Space
Commerce, fending off competition from major cities across the
world." Bell said the Summit will further underscore how the
Government of the Isle of Man works closely with private sector
initiatives and technological innovation to foster the
international commercial space sector.
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