HUFFINGTON POST - Ladies and Gentlemen, Start Your Rocket Engines

The official private race to the moon is on! Recently, my colleagues at the X PRIZE Foundation announced the official roster of 29 registered teams competing for the $30 million Google Lunar X PRIZE. Included in this new announcement are eight teams not previously known to the public, including teams based in Israel, Brazil, Hungary, Canada, Chile, India, and the U.S.