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Source: http://us.cnn.com/videos/world/2016/07/26/israel-next-gen-space-race-liebermann-pkg.cnn
Video: Israel Aims to Send Robot to the Moon
(CNN) Oren Liebermann - Space IL, alongside Moon Express from America, are the final two of 30 privately-funded teams from around the world remaining in Google's Lunar X Prize competition. Space IL was the first team to reserve its launch prior to the race's deadline of Dec. 31, 2017, and is focused not on the $20 million grand prize money (compared to the estimated $140 billion it costs to put a man on the moon), but rather putting "Israeli technology on the moon next to Russia, the Americans, and China," says Space IL CEO Eran Privman. Indeed, placing Israeli start-up technology on the lunar surface would be a phenomenal achievement for the young state and would possibly bring in outside investment in future technology used in space exploration.