Chinese Firm will Send Spanish Robot to Moon in 2014 for Google Lunar X Contest
Posted: 16 August 2012 02:31 PM   [ Ignore ]  
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China Great Wall Industry Corporation in June 2014 will launch the Spanish robot that is competing in the Google Lunar X Prize contest to the moon.

The agreement for the space shot was finalized in Paris between the leadership of CGWIC and the Galactic Suite company, which heads the Spanish team.

Xavier Claramunt, the president of Galactic Suite, told Efe that with the agreement the Barcelona Moon Team is at the head of the teams participating in the competition, given that to ensure the launch of the spacecraft is to guarantee more than half of the mission.

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