Historic announcement on NASA funding coincides with 2010 Google Lunar X PRIZE Team Summit

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Channel: XPRIZE · 2010 · Science & Technology

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Just over 5 years after the $10M Ansari X PRIZE was won by a private space team, President Barack Obama announces that NASA funding would also be used to entice companies to build private spacecraft to ferry astronauts to the International Space Station after the space shuttle retires.  Announced on the first day of the 2010 Google Lunar X PRIZE Team Summit at JPL, find out what Dr. Peter Diamandis, Chairman & CEO of the X PRIZE Foundation has to say on this historic announcement.  For more info: www.googlelunarxprize.org

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