UPDATE: Sergey Brin showed up by video only. Here he is with bed head and in a gray t-shirt. Larry Page speaking now.
Unveiling! Items from the Apollo mission: lunar rover (replica of course)! And real spacsuit, looks like. (Sorry it's dark and I can't get a good shot!) There's still one more unveiling.
Now the announcement: "...biggest international prize ever. Thirty million dollars will go to the first two privately funded teams to land and rove a privaltey funded craft on the lunar surface."
They announced it via video future re-enactment, if there is such a thing, of a private team launching a moon mission. It's all in past tense, which is a bit odd. I guess they're trying to get us to feel that way we would once this actually happened.
O.K., since I work here I already knew what the announcement was going to be, but it still brought a little tear to my eye! That's how big of a sap I am. "This time, we're planning to stay." Big applause and even hoots and hollars. Here comes Peter Diamandis.
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