STS-127 launches, Falcon 1 Flight 5 launches, the 40th anniversary of the Apollo XI launch, MARS500 wraps up its first round.
Our main guest tonight is Jason Dunn of the Google Lunar X PRIZE team Omega Envoy. He talks about this student run attempt to put rovers on the moon and win 20 million in cold hard cash!
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If Omega Envoy can demonstrate capability, I would think that they'd be able to form some sort of partnership with Space X who is also trying to develop capability... and it seems that it would be better to launch a payload than a dummy load. OE takes on the risk of loss of payload, but gains a free trip to lunar orbit should Space X aim that high and are successful.