Google will pay 20 million for the flight to the Moon

California is the fund X Prize, which supports development projects for private space travel. One of the most famous projects X Prize was the first private manned space flight in 2004.

Now to the X Prize has joined as a partner the famous IT-giant Google, which has established a prize in the $ 20 million the first private company that can deliver on the moon rover, which will bring together high-quality visual material on one gigabyte to the lunar surface and deliver it to Earth, where Google plans to organize an online broadcast.

Another bonus - $ 50 million - will be awarded to the first American crew, which by 2010 will orbit a manned aircraft.