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New XPRIZE competition looks for a better underwater robot
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Kinda like this, but lose the human. (credit: Expedition to the Deep Slope/NOAA/OER)

XPRIZE has tempted people to accomplish tasks ranging from putting stuff on the Moon to measuring pH in the deep ocean by using the promise of a sweet cash prize. At the annual American Geophysical Union conference in San Francisco on Monday, XPRIZE announced a new...

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Moon Express wins thumbs-up from XPRIZE for multimillion-dollar lunar launch
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Moon Express lander
Moon Express, the lunar exploration venture co-founded by Seattle entrepreneur Naveen Jain, has gotten the “all systems go” signal for its bid to put a robotic lander to the moon and win the Google Lunar XPRIZE. The thumbs-up comes in the form of XPRIZE’s certification of Moon Express’ launch contract with Los Angeles-based Rocket Lab USA. If all goes...
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