CMA Presents "21st Century Space Race: Google Lunar X PRIZE"

Peter Diamandis, chairman and CEO of the X PRIZE Foundation, will discuss the Google Lunar X PRIZE, a $30 million international competition to safely land a robot on the surface of the moon, travel 500 meters over the lunar surface, and send images and data back to Earth.

The Google Lunar X PRIZE is a $30 million international competition to safely land a robot on the surface of the Moon, travel 500 meters over the lunar surface, and send images and data back to Earth. Teams must be at least 90% privately funded and must be registered to compete by December 31, 2010. The first team to land on the Moon and complete the mission objectives will be awarded $20 million.

Come hear more about this ground-breaking competition from Peter Diamandis, one of the most active entrepreneurs of the "new space" industry, and an advocate for opening the space frontier to humanity. His personal motto is, "The best way to predict the future is to create it yourself!"

Dr. Diamandis is the Chairman and CEO of the X PRIZE Foundation, which awarded the $10 million Ansari X PRIZE for private spaceflight and is now implementing awards in a variety of different arenas. Dr. Diamandis also serves as the CEO of Zero Gravity Corporation, a commercial space company developing private, FAA-certified parabolic flight using Boeing 727-200 aircraft. He is the Chairman and cofounder of the Rocket Racing League, and cofounder of Space Adventures Ltd., the company that brokered the flights of four private citizens to the International Space Station.

This event is free. All members of the Campus and JPL communities and retirees are welcome. Caltech personnel and guests can access the auditorium via the external gate. For more information about this event, please send e-mail to [email protected] or call Michael Eastwood, (818) 354-9273.