Group Barcelona Team Moon composed Catalan scientists send a robot to the moon in the context of international competition of robotic exploration of space ‘Google Lunar X Prize’, by 2012, although the organization still unknown the exact date.

In particular, it is an international competition that challenges engineers and entrepreneurs from around the world to develop low-cost systems for space robotic exploration, and research on the characteristics of the Moon for using of renewable energy.

The prize is worth $ 30 million if it can be landed on the Moon a privately funded spacecraft on the moon (with a maximum of 5 million in public financing if necessary), travel 500 meters over the lunar surface and transmit a video, images and data back to Earth, all before 31 December 2012.

Barcelona Team Moon is the first team based in Spain to participate, which consists of private companies, research institutes, professional and scientific areas, mostly consisting of members Catalans.

The team leader, Xavier Claramunt, said that this project is a “great adventure”, as it has a potential “impressive poses new challenges,” which it hopes to do future as Barcelona “can do very well and even lead the thing.” “Through our participation we want to promote collaboration between the Spanish aerospace industry, academia and society as a whole,” he said.

The team will participate in this competition with his robot ‘Rovert’, which currently has 21 teams, and the project ‘Selena’, which is the study of mineral ilemita that achieved with water vapor, and demonstrate whether it is effective to recycle hydrogen and air using the remainder.

Barcelona Moon Team also aims to explore the Moon and see if the characteristics of the star would be favorable to humanity if cataclysm or catastrophe, claiming it is “necessary” a project of environmental protection, since the Earth “has arrived a little late.”

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