Comments on: Google Lunar X Prize: $30MM prize to put robot on moon http://boingboing.net/2007/09/13/google-x-prize-20mm.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 16:44:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: diluded000 http://boingboing.net/2007/09/13/google-x-prize-20mm.html#comment-14600 diluded000 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-14600 Don't forget that Jimmy Neutron sent his little robotic brother to live there! Don’t forget that Jimmy Neutron sent his little robotic brother to live there!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2007/09/13/google-x-prize-20mm.html#comment-14607 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-14607 Can we please stop abusing the number 2.0. Unless your moon-bot can serve AJAX rendered rich user-generated content, I think you should leave 2.0 out of it. Can we please stop abusing the number 2.0.

Unless your moon-bot can serve AJAX rendered rich user-generated content, I think you should leave 2.0 out of it.

]]> By: Flying Squid http://boingboing.net/2007/09/13/google-x-prize-20mm.html#comment-14630 Flying Squid Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-14630 They could send up a rhoomba vacuum and clean up the place. I hear the moon is really dusty. They could send up a rhoomba vacuum and clean up the place. I hear the moon is really dusty.

]]> By: Teresa Nielsen Hayden/Moderator http://boingboing.net/2007/09/13/google-x-prize-20mm.html#comment-15404 Teresa Nielsen Hayden/Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-15404 Yeah, but it's an incentive for organizations that were thinking about doing something like that. Yeah, but it’s an incentive for organizations that were thinking about doing something like that.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2007/09/13/google-x-prize-20mm.html#comment-14644 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-14644 I iz at yourz moonz, winning yar million$! I iz at yourz moonz, winning yar million$!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2007/09/13/google-x-prize-20mm.html#comment-14649 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-14649 The wired site says it's 20 million, not 30 million. I think 30 would be better given how much further it is than 50km! The wired site says it’s 20 million, not 30 million. I think 30 would be better given how much further it is than 50km!

]]> By: gaetanomarano http://boingboing.net/2007/09/13/google-x-prize-20mm.html#comment-14912 gaetanomarano Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-14912 . . Hey Google, the Moonrovers Prize was MY idea!!! . . .
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Hey Google, the Moonrovers Prize was MY idea!!!

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]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2007/09/13/google-x-prize-20mm.html#comment-14671 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-14671 Just on a tangent, where does the use of "MM" to represent million come from, as in $30MM above. I only ever seem to see Americans doing it and mostly in reference to money amounts. Can anyone clear this up for me? Just on a tangent, where does the use of “MM” to represent million come from, as in $30MM above. I only ever seem to see Americans doing it and mostly in reference to money amounts. Can anyone clear this up for me?

]]> By: Mike http://boingboing.net/2007/09/13/google-x-prize-20mm.html#comment-14682 Mike Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-14682 So the digital mementos are being sent on DVD. This begs the question: what DVD Region is the moon? So the digital mementos are being sent on DVD. This begs the question: what DVD Region is the moon?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2007/09/13/google-x-prize-20mm.html#comment-15240 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-15240 wensleydale? oh no sir, that`s my name, mr. wensleydale. wensleydale? oh no sir, that`s my name, mr. wensleydale.

]]> By: phasor3000 http://boingboing.net/2007/09/13/google-x-prize-20mm.html#comment-14490 phasor3000 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-14490 The "send digital mementos" linky no worky... The “send digital mementos” linky no worky…

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2007/09/13/google-x-prize-20mm.html#comment-14495 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-14495 Where is the X-Prize for the 20,000 dollar carbon neutral house? Where is the X-Prize for the 20,000 dollar carbon neutral house?

]]> By: Robbo http://boingboing.net/2007/09/13/google-x-prize-20mm.html#comment-14509 Robbo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-14509 What I'd love to see is a permanent HD camera up there - looking back at us - with a dedicated link so we can all check in from time to time - like putting eyes on the woman in the moon. <i>"I can see my house from up here!"</i> Cheers. What I’d love to see is a permanent HD camera up there – looking back at us – with a dedicated link so we can all check in from time to time – like putting eyes on the woman in the moon.

“I can see my house from up here!”

Cheers.

]]> By: chasie http://boingboing.net/2007/09/13/google-x-prize-20mm.html#comment-14513 chasie Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-14513 Wait a minute, there are already robots on the moon. Ask Wallace and Gromit. http://www.curzon.org.uk/images/AardmanMoonRobot.jpg Wait a minute, there are already robots on the moon. Ask Wallace and Gromit.

http://www.curzon.org.uk/images/AardmanMoonRobot.jpg

]]> By: Ramoni loves pictures http://boingboing.net/2007/09/13/google-x-prize-20mm.html#comment-15038 Ramoni loves pictures Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-15038 Astonishing news. $30 Million Dollar is kind of tempting, but still not enough to build, send and land something on the moon successfully. Who ever wins the prize should do it quickly, because the Dollar is loosing ground to the Euro, so the $30 Mills are less ans less by every month. Yours Sincerely. Astonishing news.

$30 Million Dollar is kind of tempting, but still not enough to build, send and land something on the moon successfully.

Who ever wins the prize should do it quickly, because the Dollar is loosing ground to the Euro, so the $30 Mills are less ans less by every month.

Yours Sincerely.

]]> By: phasor3000 http://boingboing.net/2007/09/13/google-x-prize-20mm.html#comment-14530 phasor3000 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-14530 W&G would object that it's pointless to send a robot to the moon if it's not going to bring back any cheese. Mmm, I could use a good Wensleydale right about now... W&G would object that it’s pointless to send a robot to the moon if it’s not going to bring back any cheese.

Mmm, I could use a good Wensleydale right about now…

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2007/09/13/google-x-prize-20mm.html#comment-14540 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-14540 Excerpt from Gil Scott-Heron's "Whitey on the Moon:" A rat done bit my sister Nell. (with Whitey on the moon) Her face and arms began to swell. (and Whitey's on the moon) I can't pay no doctor bills. (but Whitey's on the moon) Ten years from now I'll be payin' still. (while Whitey's on the moon) Taxes takin' my whole damn check, Junkies make me a nervous wreck, The price of food is goin' up, An' as if all that shit wuzn't enough: A rat done bit my sister Nell. (with Whitey on the moon) Her face an' arm began to swell. (and Whitey's on the moon) Was all that money I made last year (for Whitey on the moon?) How come there ain't no money here? (Hmm! Whitey's on the moon) Y'know I jus' 'bout had my fill (of Whitey on the moon) I think I'll sen' these doctor bills, Airmail special (to Whitey on the moon) Excerpt from Gil Scott-Heron’s “Whitey on the Moon:”

A rat done bit my sister Nell.
(with Whitey on the moon)
Her face and arms began to swell.
(and Whitey’s on the moon)
I can’t pay no doctor bills.
(but Whitey’s on the moon)
Ten years from now I’ll be payin’ still.
(while Whitey’s on the moon)

Taxes takin’ my whole damn check,
Junkies make me a nervous wreck,
The price of food is goin’ up,
An’ as if all that shit wuzn’t enough:
A rat done bit my sister Nell.
(with Whitey on the moon)
Her face an’ arm began to swell.
(and Whitey’s on the moon)
Was all that money I made last year
(for Whitey on the moon?)
How come there ain’t no money here?
(Hmm! Whitey’s on the moon)
Y’know I jus’ ’bout had my fill
(of Whitey on the moon)
I think I’ll sen’ these doctor bills,
Airmail special
(to Whitey on the moon)

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2007/09/13/google-x-prize-20mm.html#comment-14545 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-14545 While the number of contestants will hardly compare to the number of people who pack landfills with empty plastic water bottles or plastic grocery bags, in a time where the earth's oceans and forests are becoming increasingly polluted, do we really want to set a new precedent by encouraging the accumulation of abandoned garbage on the moon? or does the contest also require that the robots clean-up after themselves and return to Earth or plunge into the sun after finishing their lunar mission? While the number of contestants will hardly compare to the number of people who pack landfills with empty plastic water bottles or plastic grocery bags, in a time where the earth’s oceans and forests are becoming increasingly polluted, do we really want to set a new precedent by encouraging the accumulation of abandoned garbage on the moon? or does the contest also require that the robots clean-up after themselves and return to Earth or plunge into the sun after finishing their lunar mission?

]]> By: phlavor http://boingboing.net/2007/09/13/google-x-prize-20mm.html#comment-14564 phlavor Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-14564 I was going to suggest putting Keepon up there but the little guy would be lonely and have no music to dance to. That breaks my heart. I was going to suggest putting Keepon up there but the little guy would be lonely and have no music to dance to. That breaks my heart.

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