Google, the internet search giant, is sponsoring a $30 Million moon contest. 

Now for me, that’s all I need to know.  I’m in.  But you may want to know more.

The cash prize will go to the first company (or individual, I imagine) that manages to build a robotic rover that can land on the moon and beam back a gigabyte of images and video to Earth.  Now, building a space craft that can land a robotic rover on the moon is tough enough without the added requirement that it be able to beam signals back to Earth.  But I’m sure someone will do it.

The contest is being cosponsored by the X Prize Foundation, which famously held the contest that produced the first manned private spaceflight in 2004. 

You can read more about this contest here.  As for me, I’m done reading.  Reading wastes precious rover-building time.   I’ve got a lot of work ahead of me if I’m going to win that $30 Million.