Canadians might be the next to go to the moon.

Discussion in 'Random Thoughts' started by lunarverse, Jul 12, 2009.

  1. lunarverse

    lunarverse The Living End

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    I heard about this on a Canadian news channel this evening. A private Canadian company named ‘Odyssey Moon’ may be the next to send a vehicle to the surface of the moon. They are going to do it
    with the hope of obtaining the ‘Google Lunar X prize’. Although this will
    be an unmanned voyage, the equipment, and team are all Canadian. They will be landing the vehicle on the surface, then apparently a smaller vehicle will come out of the first one, drive around for a bit and take some pictures to feed back to the team. I’m not sure if the vessel will actually be returning to Earth however. They hope to eventually offer private trips to the Moon and say they could potentially be the first
    to shuttle food to people who will be staying there. They also claim their voyage and the private trips they eventually hope to offer citizens could and will be 10 times cheaper than those of NASA. If you know any more about this feel free to add.
     
  2. Captain Cannabis

    Captain Cannabis Banned

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    That's pretty cool.
     
  3. marbchic

    marbchic Member

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    i'll keep my trips to space in my mind..or the woods, there's more food in the woods.
     
  4. sam.yeah!

    sam.yeah! Member

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    Hell yeah, go Canada!
     
  5. Enraged Angel

    Enraged Angel Banned

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    I doubt Canada will be the first to the moon. :toetap05:
     
  6. lunarverse

    lunarverse The Living End

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    heh...I like that answer
     
  7. Enraged Angel

    Enraged Angel Banned

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    I'm glad you caught that.;)
     
  8. cadcruzer

    cadcruzer Sailing the 8 seas

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    Well, except this guy,

    Jay Honeycutt


    He's the President of Odyssey Moon,
    Odyssey Moon

    Of the 19 teams entered, i would bet on Odyssey Moon too.


    Google Lunar X Prize



    Sadly enough, the USA is just over a year away from it's last Shuttle Program Mission

    July 29 2010 STS-134
     
  9. lunarverse

    lunarverse The Living End

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    Oh, I had heard the vehicle was going to be unmanned. I'll have to read more about it I suppose. Thanks for the links. :)
     
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