Buy your way into the X-Prize Lunar Lander Challenge

If you're looking to get in on a piece of that X-Prize pie but find yourself lacking in that little requirement of aerospace engineering expertise, you now have a chance to make up for your chosen career path, with one team competing in the X-Prize's Lunar Lander Challenge offering up a piece of the action on eBay. While it's certainly a gamble, should the team actually win, the one lucky bidder could be taking home up to $650,000 in prize money, not to mention one of the two actual lunar lander vehicles set to take part in the competition. For your trouble, they'll also let you plaster your name or company logo on the sides of the craft. Of course, given that the only glimpse of the vehicle is the mockup seen after the break, the chances of it being ready for the X-Prize competition this October would seem to be a little slim, especially if the bidding stays at the current four digit level. If you've got deep enough pockets, however, you can swoop in a snag it outright for the Buy it Now price of $199,000, giving the team a seemingly much-needed shot in the arm.

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[K @ Feb 7th 2007 11:27PM]

My sci-fi teacher just showed that movie (the image) in class last week. It was pretty good!

[Rusty @ Feb 7th 2007 11:52PM]

LOL, for the tin-foil hat crowd...
The government will never allow any private person to land on
the moon. If/when they do, they will find out that the original
moon landing never took place, it was done in the Arizona desert
and hollywood sound stage.

Personally, I believe they did land there.

[taz @ Feb 9th 2007 12:22PM]

Isn't the moon grey with no sky?

These guys appear to be going to Mars... Maybe that is why no one is bidding...