16 Teams In Hunt, Including Soon-To-Be-Revealed "Mystery
Team"
Two new international teams in the Google Lunar X Prize -- a $30
million competition by the X Prize Foundation to land a vehicle on
the Moon, travel 500 meters, and transmit a "Mooncast" back to
Earth -- were announced Tuesday in a tele-press conference from
Google Headquarters. The announcement was held as part of a Team
Summit at Google Headquarters and NASA Ames.