{"id":464815,"date":"2010-03-24T01:24:56","date_gmt":"2010-03-24T05:24:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/picorover-google-lunar-x-prize\/14603\/"},"modified":"2010-03-24T01:24:56","modified_gmt":"2010-03-24T05:24:56","slug":"spanish-students-aim-for-the-moon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/464815","title":{"rendered":"Spanish students aim for the Moon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/pictures\/hero\/picorover.jpg\" alt=\"Many rocks and rolling ... the PicoRover that has a destination of the Moon in, hopefully,...\"><\/p>\n<p>No matter how good the paper mache volcano that you built at school was, your effort will most likely pale in comparison to the school project being undertaken by a group of Spanish students. These students are designing a ball-shaped mini-robot named PicoRover that they plan to send to the Moon as their entry in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/30-million-google-lunar-x-prize\/8039\/\" >Google Lunar X PRIZE<\/a>. To claim the US&#36;30 million prize the robot will need to travel 500m and transmit video, images and data back to Earth&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><b>Tags:<\/b> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/lunar+x+prize\/\" rel=\"tag\">Lunar X PRIZE<\/a>,<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/moon\/\" rel=\"tag\">Moon<\/a>,<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/robot\/\" rel=\"tag\">Robot<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Related Articles:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/odyssey-moon-lunar-x-prize\/8496\/\">Odyssey Moon completes Lunar X PRIZE registration<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/first-private-moon-delivery-service\/12276\/\">The new space race: first courier service to the moon<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/build-lunar-lander-win-1-million\/12669\/\">Build a lunar lander and win &#36;1 million<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/astrorobotic-lunar-rover\/12369\/\">Astrorobotic rover aims to visit Apollo 11 site after 40 years<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/30-million-google-lunar-x-prize\/8039\/\">&#36;30 million Google Lunar X PRIZE<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/google-lunar-x-prize-first-ten-teams\/8929\/\">Google Lunar X PRIZE announces first ten teams<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/1g_6VJ_-a2dLv0pmVgRvqBw4p_0\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/1g_6VJ_-a2dLv0pmVgRvqBw4p_0\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/1g_6VJ_-a2dLv0pmVgRvqBw4p_0\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/1g_6VJ_-a2dLv0pmVgRvqBw4p_0\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=lESqIkdV_p0:TzP0VcvfwhA:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=lESqIkdV_p0:TzP0VcvfwhA:H0mrP-F8Qgo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?d=H0mrP-F8Qgo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=lESqIkdV_p0:TzP0VcvfwhA:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?i=lESqIkdV_p0:TzP0VcvfwhA:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=lESqIkdV_p0:TzP0VcvfwhA:wF9xT3WuBAs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?i=lESqIkdV_p0:TzP0VcvfwhA:wF9xT3WuBAs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=lESqIkdV_p0:TzP0VcvfwhA:7Q72WNTAKBA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?d=7Q72WNTAKBA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine\/~4\/lESqIkdV_p0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No matter how good the paper mache volcano that you built at school was, your effort will most likely pale in comparison to the school project being undertaken by a group of Spanish students. 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