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Roving robots explore moon, desert

Whether it's exploring the moon's craters or the inhospitable Chilean desert, robots are aiding in the research work that humans wouldn't ordinarily be able to do. At a recent visit to Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute in Pittsburgh, CNET News.com's Kara Tsuboi gets up close and personal with the...

Tags: Emerging Technologies, News, kara tsuboi, carnegie mellon university, lunar x prize, robots, jared kohler, moon, mars, solar, space

Videos 2008-05-28

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Sergey Brin nervous about Microsoft's bid for Yahoo

While speaking at an event for the Lunar X-Prize, Brin said that Microsoft's bid for Yahoo is "unnerving" -- though I doubt Google really has anything to worry about in the short term. Many people think this is a simple case of the pot calling the kettle black. ...

Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Sergey Brin, Internet, Mergers & Acquisitions, Investment, Finance, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2008-02-22

Photos: Gearing up for the X Prize Cup

X Prize Cup, which runs through Sunday, may result in a $2 million prize going to the group that can simulate a lunar landing. by CNET News.com

Tags: Prize, Photograph, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2007-10-26

X Prize winner says NASA 'silly' to go to moon again

X Prize winner says NASA 'silly' to go to moon againI am not so sure returning to the moon ...... is a bad idea. If we had proceeded to build a moon base in the 1970s & 80s, we would have the capability to build and launch vehicles from...

Tags: Low Earth Orbit, Rutan, moon, NASA, X Prize winner, X Prize

Discussion threads 2007-09-24

X Prize winner says NASA 'silly' to go to moon again

Any work NASA is doing to return to the moon is "silly," Burt Rutan, the engineer who won the Ansari X Prize for a suborbital rocket plane, told a panel at CalTech on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the space program, News.com reports. "Taxpayer-funded NASA should only...

Tags: NASA, Productivity, Leadership, Management, ZDNet Government

Blog posts 2007-09-21

Google conquers outer space

As reported elsewhere but as I discovered yesterday on MSNBC's Cosmic Log, Google will offer a $30 million prize to the first private entity to send automated robot vehicles to the moon. Similar to the $10 million Ansari X prize awarded to the first privately-funded team to send humans into...

Tags: Google Inc., John Carroll

Blog posts 2007-09-14

Google paying scientists to shoot for the moon

Google put up big bucks today for the first person or company to develop a privately funded robot that will softly land on the moon and spend some time collecting data to be sent back to Earth. The grand prize for the Google sponsored Lunar X-Prize is $20 million,...

Tags: Google Inc., Moon, Robots, Business Structures, Strategy, Emerging Technologies, Finance, Management, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2007-09-13

Photos: Touting the Google Lunar X Prize

Officials from the nonprofit X Prize Foundation announce Google's sponsorship of a robotic race to the moon. The purse: $30 million. by CNET News.com

Tags: Google Inc., Photograph, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2007-09-13

Google backs contest to put robot on Mars

Google backs contest to put robot on MarsMars?The CNet article mentioned and the excerpts used all say it's a Lunar/Moon program, not Mars... You might want to check your references again.Mars?The headline says the contest is to put a lander on Mars. I think it's the moon.RE: Google backs contest...

Tags: Robots, robot, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-09-13

Google backs contest to put robot on moon

The transition from huge, government-funded space projects to those driven by private initiative and capital took a great step forward Thursday. The X Prize Foundation announced that Google is financing a contest to put a privately funded robotic rover on the moon. The thing would...

Tags: Google Inc., NASA, Moon, Robot, ZDNet Government

Blog posts 2007-09-13

Images: Lunar landing contest

The X Prize Foundation and NASA open a contest with $2.5 million in prizes to build the best lunar lander.

Tags: prize, NASA

Image galleries 2006-05-05

Images: Lunar landing contest

The X Prize Foundation and NASA open a contest with $2.5 million in prizes to build the best lunar lander.

Tags: prize, NASA

Image galleries 2006-05-05

Images: Lunar landing contest

The X Prize Foundation and NASA open a contest with $2.5 million in prizes to build the best lunar lander.

Tags: prize, NASA

Image galleries 2006-05-05

SpaceShipOne: A giant leap for high-tech vets?

SpaceShipOne: A giant leap for high-tech vets?Cop outI had always heard that you must carry 3 PEOPLE on those flights. Now I see that it is "or their equivalent weight", as only the pilot was in the craft. What a cop out!Amazing that Paul Allen would spend $20 million on...

Tags: Paul Allen, SpaceShipOne

Discussion threads 2004-09-29