Comments on: Google Lunar X Prize update

By: Sudha Jamthe

Sudha Jamthe — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 22:20:49 +0000

Thanks for the neat summary!

We’ve moved to Silicon Valley, next time you are in West coast, maybe we can get together.

Best, Sudha

By: Google Lunar X Prize Followup « Tai-Chi Policy

Google Lunar X Prize Followup « Tai-Chi Policy — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 16:39:55 +0000

[…] & aerospace, Science and Technology, Cool Stuff. trackback So it turns out that it’s not just a simple cash prize of $30 million. I’m surprised by how down some people are about the prize, both its goal and the chances of […]

By: Chance

Chance — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 12:24:51 +0000

I’m no economist, social or political scientist, or even particularly smart, so I am forced to ponder what this means, sort of like a caveman pondering fire for the first time. My flow of conciousness thoughts and brainstorming go like this:

Robert Bigelow, Elon Musk, and Burt Rutan are not generally household names. Google is. A really big household name. As a multi billion dollar company, the fact that it is throwing its weight behind this is pretty significant. Will Microsoft do something similiar in the near future in order to keep up, or will it ignore this altogether? Will other multi billion dollar companies join in? Is google thinking of going into the space business in a few years (presumably after this prize is won)? Will Newspace now have a new uber-powerful lobbyist on the Hill? Will a moon landing be followed by a 4 year span of “not much” like the Ansari X-Prize? I have to wonder.