X-Prize to the moon

While the Brits are dooming us all with the launch of skynet. Google is in the mix to give away 20 million dollars to the first team to reach the moon, travel 500 meters, and send pictures back to earth by 2012. This is the latest X-Prize which follows competitions for the first space vehicle (won by Richard Branson and Virgin Records), a super efficient vehicle, and an ability to map 100 genomes in less than 10 days for a future of personalized medicine. Innovation through competition. Capitolism ho!