Crater expectations: privateers chase lunar prize
Friday, June 13, 2008 - 08:28
in Astronomy & Space
Nearly four decades after humans first set foot on the Moon, our astronomical neighbour is still exerting a powerful attraction for would-be explorers. Several private teams of scientists have already started working to land the first ever commercially-funded robot on the surface, in a race worth millions in prize-money to the winners. EuroNews met these teams.