A Japanese Startup Will Try to Land on the Moon Next Year
depart to the Moon is formally hip again , thanks in no small part to Google , which is offering $ 20 million to the first private troupe that can shoot down on our nearest neighbor , drift around a number , and ray images back to Earth . The latest challenger for thatsweet sweet X - Prize moneyis a Nipponese troupe , which has just receive a launch vehicle for the lustrous metal cheese grater scouter it design to send to the Moon late next year ....