Planting an Israeli Flag…. on the moon.
If all goes according to plan, by December 2012 a team of three young Israeli scientists will have landed a tiny spacecraft on the moon, explored the lunar surface, and transmitted live video back to earth, thereby scooping up a $20 million prize (the Google Lunar X Prize), revolutionizing space exploration, and making the Jewish State the third nation (after the U.S. and Russia) to land a probe on the moon.
And they’re doing it in their spare time.
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This was tough to figure a category. At first I thought “Middle East”… but that isn’t right. Then I thought “Science”, but didn’t seem right either. So I settled on “Technology”….