I have just started the return trip from California from the Google Lunar X PRIZE Team Summit. The trip is long, of course, and with the time difference it feels longer! Starting from California in the morning, arriving the day after in the afternoon!. All in all the meeting went well, and it was interesting to meet the GLXP people and the Teams again. There are some great folks here, all with the same passion for space and space exploration. The GLPX Team certainly listened to the views of the Teams, and did what they could in order to accommodate the comments. Of course we did not expect all comments to be taken on board, also because the Teams have different views and realities. The two main "sticky" points for our team relates to "waivers" and to insurance coverage. Here the traditions in Europe and in the US are so different, that it becomes a problem. I do not yet know if a solution can be found. Time will tell. On the more positive side, there is broad consensus on the technical issues and now also on the media issues. The visit to Nasa's Jet Propulsion Lab was great, they have very good facilities, and their support was very much appreciated. During the meeting I also talked to a lot of the participants, among them, Randa from Interorbital Systems. Randa is in the process of testing an orbits rocket, and is planning the first orbital launch in December 2010. That time frame could fit us very well for a test launch, to check out par of our equipment under space conditions, and to get the ground segment set up. We will surely talk more with her about the detailed options.