Ever read the robot explorer months?
Some 29 robots from 17 countries have been selected as a finalist in the Google Lunar X-Prize robots will be immediately sent to the surface of the Moon for the first prize of 30 million U.S. dollars from Google.

“The race to the moon begins officially,” said Peter Diamandis, chief executive of the X-Prize Foundation, as reported by BBC News website. Competition is expected to encourage the development of a robot explorer with a low cost.

Elections announced the selection was started in 2007 ago and is targeted to be yielding the winner in 2015. Robots that successfully landed to the moon and transmit video to the earth and who will move up to 500 meters on the lunar surface is not a winner.

For race participants came from various backgrounds, individuals, nonprofit organizations, universities, few teams have been holding provider of rocket launch to the moon to send a robot. Of course cooperation is not done on their own initiative, but the support of the organizers. For example Astrobotic Technology from Carnegie Mellon University who has signed a contract with SpaceX. Several joint team from Russia, India and china. The rocket will send a rocket together in 2013.

“The most successful and revolutionary discovery often comes from a small team, but the spirited entrepreneur,” said Tiffany Montague, Google officials Space Initiative. Now, which team will come out a winner? Just follow its development.