To the Moon! Private Team Fully Funded for Google Lunar X Prize Race

Moon Express — one of five teams still competing for the Google Lunar X Prize (GLXP) — has secured $20 million in "Series B" funding, bringing the total funds the group has raised from private investors to more than $45 million, representatives of the Florida-based company said. "We now have all the resources in place to shoot for the moon," Moon Express co-founder and CEO Bob Richards said in a statement. The other teams in the running, in addition to Moon Express, are SpaceIL from