(c) Team LegoAces
Moonbots 2011 is a Google Lunar X PRIZE LEGO MINDSTORMS Challenge, and it correlates directly with the projects and goals of Galaxy Forums and the International Lunar Observatory Association.
“In the MoonBots 2.0 Challenge, students get to produce videos, gain computer programming skills, and learn the latest in technological advances at it relates to space exploration. It is important to inspire this generation with the Google Lunar X PRIZE and help kids understand that Moon exploration is still relevant and exciting,”
Chanda Gonzales, Google Lunar X PRIZE Education Manager.
This is the second annual Moonbots Challenge. The video below provides a brief explanation of the Challenge by Chanda Gonzales from the X PRIZE Foundation and Steven Canvin from LEGO MINDSTORMS.
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