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A Dream of a Moon Race (a proposition to consider)

Google Lunar X Prize is a competition, a race. Tech-race. And I am dreaming to make it a race that every serious and capable team can makes a best out of the competition for the team itself. Or at least for the business component of the team. The Master Team Agreement is soon to be signed, and we will all know what we have. Let the Games begin! But there are two kinds of public perception of the competition: - one is under Olympic principle: "It is impportant to participate" - the other is (don't make me wrong for the expression) the principle of US media: "Winner takes it all. Others don't even exist". The public perception is what matters, and GLXP leadership is right: this X Prize has an award for the second place, meaning, the effort tu put lander to the Moon surface shoudn't be overshadowed by the win of the winner. And if the competition could, by the matter of coincidence, grow to the race between two teams on the Moon surface in almost the same time, the broadcast of both teams could take much greater attention then the broadcast of the second team if it makes the Moon even two weeks later. In the case of the two-teams Moon race even winner takes more attention then the winner alone! Let me emphasize: everything in competition is still under the GLXP rules written in MTA, but the media impact is much bigger to all. And the media impact is what all teams with ambitions for future operations need. The amount of the prize money for the winner and second place, anyhow, is not likely to compensate the funding to reach to the moon... But stop, and consider this: how about to manage the race on the Moon surface with all capable teams? With all propulsion available to teams put under the idea to launch as many team landers possible at the same time, and the race starts from the Moon orbit? All teams get the attention (like in Formula 1 races, which are not only McLaren-Ferrari duel), all teams get the media coverage (names of teams and their sponsors), even these who make crash on unsuccesful landing attempt! But if we, for example, in hypothetical way have only ten landers, and only ten surface robots, we have at least 20 HDTV cameras. Which means: the most exciting broadcast of the 21st century. My Team Synergy Moon is aiming to win in conventional way, and in unconventional. But who is going to bet with us that we are able to do the most expensive part of competition together - and make it a race (and to make some fun)? This is my dream - to make most of all efforts of all participants. At last, we all are of the same kind. Tell me, if you agree!
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