Race To The Moon Heats Up For Private Firms

By KENNETH CHANG, New York Times
Thu, 07/21/2011 - 8:48am

Spurred by the $30 million Google Lunar X Prize, 29 teams have signed up for a competition to become the first private venture to land on the Moon.

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