It seems that the millions of dollars offered for winning the Lunar X Prize may be unclaimed due to the lack of a winner.
On January 23, representatives of the X Prize Foundation reported that none of the 5 finalist teams could reach the Moon on March 31 (the deadline). Competition from Google started in September 2007. His goal is to stimulate the private development of lunar missions.
The winner had to lower the device on the earth satellite, hold it at 500 m on the surface and transmit clear images to the earth receiving point.
The main prize is $ 20 million, as well as millions to achieve specific phases of the mission. For the progress in the preparation allocated $ 5 million.
