GLXP Requirements v2.0

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This page contains an excerpt of the mission requirements that teams must meet in order to win the Google Lunar X PRIZE. The page has been created for the convenience of the Team FREDNET community for informational purposes only and shall under no circumstances be considered as official guidelines. For the official guidelines go to the Google Lunar X PRIZE website.

Contents 1 The Google Lunar X PRIZE 2 PRIZE Purses 2.1 Grand Prize 2.2 Second Place Prize 2.3 Bonus Prizes 2.3.1 Heritage Bonus Prize 2.3.2 Water Detection Bonus Prize 2.3.3 Range Bonus Prize 2.3.4 Survival Bonus Prize 2.3.5 Diversity Bonus Prize 3 Registration Process 4 Mission Requirements 4.1 Landing 4.2 Mobility 4.3 Mooncast Minimum Dataset 4.3.1 Mooncast Minimum Size 4.3.2 Mooncast Quality 4.3.3 Arrival Mooncast Content 4.3.4 Mission Complete Mooncast Content 4.3.5 XPF Set Asides 4.4 Data Uplink 4.5 Payload Requirements 5 TEAM Requirements 5.1 Compliance with Laws and Regulation 5.2 Reporting 5.3 Public Relations 5.3.1 Embedded Public Outreach Liaison 5.3.2 Blogging and Video 5.3.3 CRAFT Schematics 5.3.4 Public Appearances 5.4 Naming of CRAFT 5.5 Logo Placements 5.6 Sponsorships 5.7 TEAM Summits 5.8 Access to Facilities and Information 5.9 Launch Vehicle 5.10 Launch 5.11 Communication 5.11.1 Communications Overview 5.11.2 Encryption Requirements 5.11.3 Data Delivery to XPF Servers 5.11.4 Exclusivity of Content 6 Rights 7 General Provisions 7.1 Official Language 7.2 Acceptance and Removal 7.3 Indemnification 7.4 Waiver of Requirements 7.5 PRIZE Payment 7.6 Currency 8 Google Lunar X PRIZE Judging Panel 8.1 Judging Panel Overview 8.2 Representatives 8.3 Key Responsibilities 8.3.1 Privately Funded Review 8.3.2 Fair Launch Review 8.3.3 Payload Placement Review 8.3.4 Mobility Verification Review 8.3.5 Landing Site and Site of Interest Approval 8.3.6 Logo Scheme Approval 8.3.7 Final Checkout 8.4 Access 8.5 Non-Disclosure 8.6 Conflict of Interest 8.7 Rulings and Judging 9 List of Acronyms 10 List of Units

The Google Lunar X PRIZE

Not included.

PRIZE Purses

Grand Prize

The Grand Prize will be awarded to the first TEAM to fully complete all Google Lunar X PRIZE Requirements, as described in the Master Team Agreement. The Grand Prize will have a value of $20,000,000 (twenty million U.S. dollars) until midnight Pacific Daylight Time at the end of December 31, 2012. If no Prize has been awarded by that point in time, the Grand Prize will have a value of $15,000,000 (fifteen million U.S. dollars) until midnight Pacific Daylight Time at the end of December 31, 2014. Following December 31, 2014, the Grand Prize may be terminated or extended at the sole discretion of the X PRIZE Foundation.

Second Place Prize

The Second Place Prize will be awarded to the second TEAM to fully complete the Google Lunar X PRIZE Requirements, as described in the Master Team Agreement. The Second Place Prize will have a value of $5,000,000 (five million U.S. Dollars) until midnight Pacific Daylight Time at the end of December 31, 2014. Following December 31, 2014, the Second Place Prize may be terminated or extended at the sole discretion of the X PRIZE Foundation.

At the sole discretion of Google, the Second Place Prize may be awarded before the Grand Prize if a TEAM has met or exceeded the majority of the Google Lunar X PRIZE Mission Requirements by successfully soft-landing a privately funded CRAFT on the surface of the Moon and delivering to XPF a significant portion of the Arrival Mooncast, but fails to fully complete the Google Lunar X PRIZE Mission Requirements. For example, the Second Place Prize could be granted before the Grand Prize, leaving the Grand Prize still available, if a TEAM successfully lands a privately funded CRAFT on the lunar surface and returns to Earth the two pre-defined Mooncasts, but experiences a mechanical failure that prevents the CRAFT from roaming the required 500 meters. In order to be eligible, a TEAM must demonstrate the failure to achieve the first prize requirement was unforeseen, and the CRAFT was designed and built in an attempt to accomplish all of the Google Lunar X PRIZE Mission Requirements.

Bonus Prizes

A total of $5,000,000 (five million U.S. Dollars) will be awarded to the TEAM or TEAMs that successfully complete Bonus requirements in addition to all of the Google Lunar X PRIZE Requirements, as described in the Master Team Agreement. Bonus Prizes will be awarded if the necessary requirements are met prior to midnight Pacific Daylight Time at the end of December 31, 2014. Following December 31, 2014, any Bonus Prizes may be terminated or extended at the sole discretion of the X PRIZE Foundation.

Purse values and Mooncast Requirements shall be assigned to each Bonus Prize no later than January 1, 2009, though new Bonuses may be subsequently offered.

Heritage Bonus Prize

The Heritage Bonus Prize will be awarded to the first TEAM that returns to the Earth a Mooncast including imagery and video of a historical artifact taken by a mobile CRAFT or mobile secondary vehicle on the surface of the Moon.

TEAMs wishing to attempt to win the Heritage Bonus Prize must receive prior approval of the Heritage Mission plan from the Google Lunar X PRIZE Judging Panel in order to eliminate unnecessary risks to the historically significant Sites of Interest. These Sites of Interest include sites of manmade space hardware such as Surveyor or Luna probes, Lunokhod rovers, Apollo landing sites, et cetera. Other Sites of Interest may be considered pending approval from the Google Lunar X PRIZE Judging Panel.

Water Detection Bonus Prize

The Water Detection Bonus Prize will be awarded to the first TEAM that provides scientifically conclusive proof of the presence of water on the Moon. The detection of water must be made from the surface of the Moon and must be featured in a peerreviewed paper to the satisfaction of the Google Lunar X PRIZE Judging Panel.

Range Bonus Prize

The Range Bonus Prize will be awarded to the first TEAM that moves its CRAFT or a secondary vehicle along the surface of the Moon for no less than 5 kilometers. This journey may be completed on, above, or below the lunar surface, so long as all other mission requirements are met. This 5 kilometer journey is inclusive of the 500 meters already traveled to satisfy the baseline Google Lunar X PRIZE requirements. This total distance traveled may be a straight line displacement, or may be a journey connecting a series of waypoints approved by the Google Lunar X PRIZE Judging Panel.

Survival Bonus Prize

The Survival Bonus Prize will be awarded to the first TEAM that successfully operates its CRAFT or a secondary vehicle during two lunar days.

Diversity Bonus Prize

The Diversity Bonus Prize may be awarded to the TEAM that most successfully demonstrates diversity of TEAM membership and participation. Diversity of nationality, gender, ethnicity, and other factors may be considered.

Registration Process

Not included.

Mission Requirements

Landing

The TEAM must land a vehicle, hereinafter referred to as a CRAFT, on the surface of the Moon. All TEAMs shall obtain prior approval from the Google Lunar X PRIZE Judging Panel of the proposed lunar landing site. This requirement is in place in order to eliminate unnecessary risks to historically or scientifically significant sites on the lunar surface.

Mobility

The CRAFT or a single secondary vehicle carried by the CRAFT must move a distance of at least 500 meters along the surface of the Moon in a deliberate manner. This journey may be completed on, above, or below the lunar surface, so long as all other mission requirements are met. This total distance traveled may be a straight line displacement, or may be a journey connecting a series of waypoints approved by the Google Lunar X PRIZE Judging Panel prior to movement.

Mooncast Minimum Dataset

The CRAFT or a secondary vehicle shall transmit from the surface of the Moon two “Mooncasts”—an “Arrival Mooncast” and a “Mission Complete Mooncast,” both defined below—for delivery to XPF. A “Mooncast” is a minimum dataset that must be transmitted back to Earth from the CRAFT or secondary vehicle after landing on the surface of the Moon. The CRAFT or secondary vehicle video camera system shall have pan, tilt, and zoom functionality or alternate means of compliance approved by XPF prior to launch.

Mooncast Minimum Size

The CRAFT shall transmit as much data as required to completely deliver the two Mooncasts. The Mooncast requirements are designed around the expectation of successful delivery of at least 500 Megabytes (MB) of useful data per Mooncast.

Mooncast Quality

The Quality requirements in this section are subject to change and revision in consideration of evolving technology and other considerations. Still image requirements from the lunar surface include the following:

• Panoramic Images shall have the following attributes after processing:
  • Horizon level
  • Horizontal Dimension: 360°
  • Vertical Dimension: 120°
• Detail Images shall have the following attributes after processing:
  • Logos clearly legible
• All Images shall be of high quality to show that their intended contents are clear and recognizable. Teams may elect to perform a ground demonstration prior to launch to demonstrate acceptable quality. An example of a high quality image is one that meets the following attributes after decompression:
  • Quantization: Minimum of eight bits per pixel per color
  • A signal to noise ratio of 50:1 for a scene of albedo approximately equal to 0.1
  • Minimum Resolution: 0.3 milliradians/pixel
  • In color
  • Calibrated for color correction
  • Reasonable illumination
  • Reasonable contrast at the pixel level, such as would be provided with a system Sagittal and Meridional Modulation Transfer function of 40% in the entire focal plane for the entire spectral range at the Nyquist frequency

Video requirements from the lunar surface include the following:

• Near Real Time Video shall have the following attributes after processing
  • Transmitted to Earth and delivered to XPF as a high priority
  • Resolution: 320x240
  • Bitrate: 256 kbps
• High Definition (HD) video shall have the following attributes after processing:
  • Resolution: 1280 x 720 progressive scan (720p)
• All Videos shall be of high quality to show that their intended contents are clear and recognizable. Teams may elect to perform a ground demonstration prior to launch to demonstrate acceptable quality. An example of a high quality video is one that meets the following attributes after decompression:
  • Frame rate appropriate to the action in the frame, and which results in smooth motion.
  • In color
  • Calibrated for color correction

Arrival Mooncast Content

The Arrival Mooncast is the first of two required minimum datasets that must be transmitted from the surface of the Moon and delivered to XPF. The content of the Arrival Mooncast, which details the CRAFT’s arrival on and initial exploration of the lunar surface, is described below.

1. One Descent Video showing the descent to the lunar surface, including the moment of touchdown, from a horizon-facing or downward-facing camera, with a minimum length of 2 minutes.
   • Transmitted as a Near Real Time video, defined below, at the earliest possible opportunity.
   • Transmitted before completion of the mission in High Definition, defined below.
2. One Arrival Video, the first video taken on the lunar surface, showing the CRAFT’s landing site and surrounding environment, with a minimum length of 30 seconds.
   • Transmitted as a Near Real Time video at the earliest possible opportunity.
   • Audio Voiceover track, provided by XPF as part of the XPF Data Set Aside described in Section 2.3.5, shall be included as the audio track for this video.
   • Transmitted before completion of the mission in High Definition.
3. The following Arrival Images:
   • One Arrival Panoramic Image, defined below, showing the CRAFT’s landing site.
   • Three Arrival Self Portrait Detail Images, each substantially different, defined below, containing the GLXP logo cluster and at least 40% of the CRAFT surface area.
   • One Arrival GLXP Logo Detail Image of the logo cluster, within context of the lunar surface.
4. One video, provided by XPF as part of the XPF Data Set Aside described in Section 2.3.5, sent as the first pre-recorded video message to be delivered from the surface of the Moon.
5. One email, provided by XPF as part of the XPF Data Set Aside described in Section 2.3.5, sent as the first email to be delivered from the surface of the Moon.
6. One text message, provided by XPF as part of the XPF Data Set Aside described in Section 2.3.5, sent as the first text message to be delivered from the surface of the Moon.
7. Additional video showing the CRAFT’s landing site, with a minimum cumulative length of 6 minutes. The video or videos must include multiple shots showing new perspectives.
   • Transmitted as a Near Real Time video at the earliest possible opportunity.
   • Transmitted before completion of the mission in High Definition.

Mission Complete Mooncast Content

The Mission Complete Mooncast is the second of two required minimum datasets that must be transmitted from the surface of the Moon and delivered to XPF. The content of the Mission Complete Mooncast, which details the CRAFT’s journey along the lunar surface and the final completion of the Google Lunar X PRIZE Mission Requirements, is described below.

1. One First Motion Video, taken from a CRAFT or secondary vehicle while in motion, showing the CRAFT’s or secondary vehicle’s first departure from the landing site to begin roaming the lunar surface, with a minimum length of 30 seconds.
   • Transmitted as a Near Real Time video at the earliest possible opportunity.
   • Transmitted before completion of the mission in High Definition.
2. One Looking Back Video, taken from a CRAFT or secondary vehicle while in motion, showing the original landing site receding as the CRAFT or secondary vehicle begins to roam the lunar surface, with a minimum length of 30 seconds.
   • Transmitted as a Near Real Time video at the earliest possible opportunity.
   • Transmitted before completion of the mission in High Definition.
3. One Looking Back Detail Image, taken from a CRAFT or secondary vehicle after moving at least 3 meters, showing the CRAFT’s original landing site after the CRAFT or secondary vehicle has begun to roam.
   • If the TEAM does not use a secondary vehicle, the Looking Back Detail Image must clearly show tracks starting at the original landing site.
   • If the TEAM uses a secondary vehicle, the Looking Back Detail Image must contain at least 40% of the CRAFT’s surface area.
4. One Mid-Journey Video taken from onboard the CRAFT or secondary vehicle while in motion along the lunar surface, with a minimum length of 30 seconds.
   • Transmitted as a Near Real Time video at the earliest possible opportunity.
   • Transmitted before completion of the mission in High Definition.
5. One Mid-Journey Self Portrait Detail Image of the CRAFT or secondary vehicle, containing at least 40% of the CRAFT or secondary vehicle surface area after it has roamed approximately 250 meters.
6. One Journey’s End Video, showing the CRAFT or secondary vehicle’s destination at the end of the 500 meter roam and its surrounding environs, with a minimum length of 30 seconds.
   • Transmitted as a Near Real Time video at the earliest possible opportunity.
   • Transmitted before completion of the mission in High Definition.
7. One Journey’s End Panoramic Image showing the CRAFT or secondary vehicle’s location at the end of the 500 meter roam.
8. One Journey’s End Self Portrait Detail Image, containing at least 40% of the CRAFT or secondary vehicle’s surface area showing its location at the end of the 500 meter roam.
9. Three Journey’s End Logo Detail Image of GLXP logo cluster within the context of the lunar surface from different perspectives.
10. Additional video showing the CRAFT or secondary vehicle’s waypoints and movement, with a minimum cumulative length of 5 minutes. The video or videos must include multiple shots showing new perspectives.
    • Transmitted as a Near Real Time video at the earliest possible opportunity.
    • Transmitted before completion of the mission in High Definition.

XPF Set Asides

1. XPF reserves 10 MB of data to transmit information data provided to TEAM prior to launch no later than 6 weeks prior to launch for integration with the CRAFT. Data will include, but is not limited to:
   • Video message to be sent as the first video greeting sent from the surface of the Moon.
   • Audio track to be sent accompanying the video shot on the surface of the Moon.
   • Email message to be sent as the first email message sent from the surface of the Moon.
   • Text message to be sent as the first text message sent from the surface of the Moon.

Data Uplink

The TEAM must allow XPF to transmit at least 10 MB of data to the CRAFT while on the surface of the Moon, for later transmission back to Earth. This transmission and retransmission may occur at any point during the course of the CRAFT’s lunar mission, as determined by TEAM, subject to prior written consent from XPF.

Payload Requirements

The CRAFT must carry a payload or set of payloads collectively referred to as the “XPF Payload” to the surface of the Moon. The XPF Payload will be produced by XPF. Technical drawings and specifications of the XPF Payload item or items will be provided no later than July 20, 2009. The XPF Payload may include plaques and other systems that must be carried on the exterior of the CRAFT. The XPF Payload shall be divided into two categories: the “Stationary Payload,” which may, at the TEAM’s discretion, remain at a single point on the lunar surface, and the “Mobile Payload,” which must be carried with the CRAFT or secondary vehicle that meets the Mobility Requirement described in Section 2.2. The mass of the Stationary Payload shall be 250 grams. The mass of the Mobile Payload shall be calculated according to the mass of the mobile CRAFT or secondary vehicle, and shall constitute 1% of that CRAFT or secondary vehicle’s dry mass.

Both the Stationary Payload and the Mobile Payload shall be inert masses, which do no require heating, power, or other connections. At least one of these payloads must be placed in a location where it can be imaged by the CRAFT or by a secondary Vehicle.

The payloads may not be subdivided into smaller volumes without prior written consent from XPF.

TEAM Requirements

Compliance with Laws and Regulation

TEAMs must adhere to local, regional, national, and international laws and regulations for all aspects of the project, from purchasing of components to the launch of the CRAFT. TEAMs are responsible for acquiring the appropriate licenses, waivers, or permits from the applicable regulatory bodies or other applicable third parties. TEAMs agree to consult with legal counsel to the extent necessary to determine compliance with all such laws and regulations. XPF shall in no way be responsible for providing to TEAMs any advice or counsel, legal or otherwise, with regard thereto.

Reporting

On a quarterly basis, TEAMs shall provide to XPF an update on TEAM progress. Using a provided form, TEAMs shall update XPF on major TEAM developments, sponsorships, and investment to date.

Public Relations

TEAMs must fulfill a minimum set of public relations activities in order to provide continuous information to the public regarding the PRIZE, the TEAM’s story, and the TEAM’s progress. TEAMs shall use good faith efforts to jointly coordinate all publicity and press releases regarding the Google Lunar X PRIZE.

Embedded Public Outreach Liaison

The TEAM shall name an embedded volunteer or paid communications specialist local to the TEAMs headquarters, production facilities, or launch site. This Embedded Communications Specialist will be expected to fulfill or help fulfill many of the Public Relations Requirements detailed in this Section.

Blogging and Video

The Embedded Communications Specialist or other TEAM member or members shall publish a minimum of one blog per week to an XPF-designated website or XPF-designated Blogger account.

TEAMs shall also provide online streaming videos, posted to an XPF-designated website or XPF-designated YouTube account with a minimum monthly cumulative duration of 15 minutes. TEAMs shall publish a minimum of 8 discrete, substantively different videos per month, 4 of which shall have a minimum length of 30 seconds. Teams are permitted to post but not publish video pieces in advance, with video pieces counting towards monthly totals only in the month in which the video is published Upon request, video shall be provided to XPF and its Partners in its original format.

CRAFT Schematics

The TEAM shall provide to XPF regularly updated graphics showing the CRAFT and related hardware for the purposes of education and promotion of the TEAM and the Google Lunar X PRIZE. Additionally, the TEAM shall provide details to XPF to assist with the creation of mock-ups of the CRAFT and related hardware.

Public Appearances

Not included

Naming of CRAFT

TEAMs shall name their CRAFT and retain all rights to name their CRAFT, subject to obtaining prior approval from XPF as to such name.

Logo Placements

TEAMS shall display certain Google Lunar X PRIZE logos as specified by XPF. As each CRAFT will have a different design, the actual placement on a CRAFT will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Each TEAM shall work with the XPF to evaluate logo placement on the CRAFT. XPF reserves the right to put logos on all CRAFTs, as well as launch facilities, launch vehicles, secondary vehicles, and other relevant equipment.

The TEAM shall provide a detailed "logo cluster" layout, describing the relative size and spacing of Google Lunar X PRIZE and other logos, no later than 12 months prior to launch attempt. XPF reserves 50% of available logo space on the CRAFT and all relevant vehicles.

Sponsorships

TEAMs shall provide notice of pending sponsorships no later than 15 days prior to the execution of any sponsorship agreement, for purposes of coordination with Google, XPF, and other Google Lunar X PRIZE partners. TEAMs shall not enter into sponsorship agreements with any entity that interferes with Google or XPF.

TEAM Summits

TEAMs shall be required to send a knowledgeable representative to a minimum of one TEAM Summit per year at the TEAM’s expense. At these summits, XPF will provide TEAMs with necessary information, review progress, and discuss any key issues.

Access to Facilities and Information

TEAMs shall permit XPF and the Google Lunar X PRIZE Judging Panel to access the TEAM’s facilities and information, upon reasonable prior notice, on or prior to the proposed launch date submitted in the Notification of Launch Attempt package. TEAMs shall provide reasonable assistance and cooperation with regards to understanding all documentation, plans, materials, and technology (including the TEAM’s launch vehicle) that is reasonably necessary for the judging of rules compliance.

Launch Vehicle

The TEAM shall secure any launch via a commercial purchase that is fair and repeatable, including contracts with Preferred Launch Partners. All TEAMs must submit a Launch Plan, which must be approved by the Google Lunar X PRIZE Judging Panel, and which demonstrates that the launch is commercially reasonable. Additionally, TEAMs shall submit a notification of execution of any Launch Contract to XPF, to be kept confidential by XPF. Such notification shall include a summary of the relevant terms of the contract. Launch on board government-owned or government-developed launch vehicles shall be permitted, so long as the launch contract is commercially reasonable, in the judgment of Google Lunar X PRIZE Judging Panel.

Launch

The TEAM shall disclose to XPF its intent to attempt to launch no later than 6 months prior to a TEAM’s scheduled launch date via a Notification of Launch Attempt package. XPF will keep TEAM’s launch attempt confidential until 3 months prior to the scheduled date, if desired by the TEAM, after which time XPF will announce and promote the TEAM’s launch attempt. TEAMs shall notify the XPF at the earliest opportunity of any launch delays.

TEAM shall provide XPF and its Partners access to the Launch Facility and to relevant video and data feeds covering the launch and related activities. A Launch Site Access Plan shall be submitted for review to the Google Lunar X PRIZE Judging Panel no later than 90 days prior to launch.

Communication

Communications Overview

The TEAM shall be responsible for all communications with the CRAFT and any other related vehicles throughout the length of mission. TEAMs may use existing communications architectures, including Preferred Communications Partners, but are not obliged to do so. TEAMs may use any frequency band, so long as appropriate licenses or other permissions are obtained.

TEAMs shall provide XPF access to all communications, including telemetry during launch, flight to the Moon, and lunar surface operations, with the CRAFT and associated vehicles during the course of the mission, unless prior agreement is obtained from XPF.

Encryption Requirements

The TEAM shall encrypt all data returned from the surface of the Moon as part of a Mooncast dataset or as a part of the fulfillment of Google Lunar X PRIZE Mission Requirements. The TEAM is responsible for decrypting this data before providing it to XPF. In addition, the TEAM shall make encryption keys available to the Google Lunar X PRIZE Judging Panel in order to ensure the integrity of the data.

Data Delivery to XPF Servers

The TEAM shall provide all data related to the Mooncast and fulfillment of the Google Lunar X PRIZE Mission Requirements to XPF servers in a useable fashion.

Exclusivity of Content

The TEAM shall make the provision of all data related to the Mooncast and fulfillment of the Google Lunar X PRIZE Mission Requirements exclusive to XPF and XPF-identified Partners.

Rights

Not included

General Provisions

Official Language

The Official Language of the Google Lunar X PRIZE is English. All communications with the X PRIZE Foundation, including required public relations material, shall be in English unless the TEAM has received prior written permission. Additional copies in other languages are welcomed.

Acceptance and Removal

XPF reserves the right for any reason to reject the application of any potential TEAM, TEAM Leader, or TEAM Member to participate in the Google Lunar X PRIZE and to prohibit the participation of any person or any group of persons in the Google Lunar X PRIZE.

TEAM Member, TEAM Leader, and each of its TEAM Members agrees to abide by a decision for removal, termination or disqualification made by XPF, without contest, legal recourse, or any other action of protest of the decision.

Indemnification

The TEAM shall defend, protect, indemnify, and hold XPF and Google free and harmless from all claims, demands, losses, costs, expenses, obligations, liabilities, damages, recoveries, and deficiencies, including interest, penalties, attorneys’ fees, and costs, that XPF or Google may incur as a result of a breach of the Master Team Agreement by the TEAM.

Waiver of Requirements

Google, at its sole discretion, may elect to waive or relax specific requirements if the basic objectives of the Google Lunar X PRIZE are found to have been satisfied. Notionally, this would allow a TEAM that has roamed the lunar surface but failed to meet the full 500 meter roaming requirement to still qualify to win.

PRIZE Payment

TEAMs are only paid upon winning of the PRIZE and will not receive payment for preparation or participation in the Google Lunar X PRIZE.

Currency

All references to a currency shall be deemed references to United States Dollars.

Google Lunar X PRIZE Judging Panel

Judging Panel Overview

The official judges of the Google Lunar X PRIZE will be called the Google Lunar X PRIZE Judging Panel, or “Judging Panel”. The Judging Panel will be responsible for evaluating compliance with the Official Rules of the Google Lunar X PRIZE.

Representatives

The Judging Panel will be comprised of highly qualified and impartial Judges from around the world. XPF, at its sole discretion, shall name all Judges. Members of the Google Lunar X PRIZE Judging Panel will have backgrounds that include but are not limited to business, law, launch services, and engineering in order to ensure the Committee will be able to address all of the requirements of this PRIZE and its Rules.

Key Responsibilities

The key responsibilities of the Google Lunar X PRIZE Judging Panel include, but are not limited to the following topics specifically related to the Google Lunar X PRIZE Rules and Notification of Launch Attempt requirements.

Privately Funded Review

The Judging Panel must approve the TEAM’s financials in accordance to the 90% privately funded requirement addressed in Section 4.2.2.

Fair Launch Review

The Judging Panel must approve the TEAM’s launch arrangements in accordance to the launch guidelines addressed in Section 5.9.

Payload Placement Review

The Judging Panel must approve the TEAM’s Payload placement arrangements in accordance to the payload requirements addressed in Section 2.5.

Mobility Verification Review

The Judging Panel must approve the TEAM’s mobility arrangements to approve of plans for calculating desired waypoints, if any, and methodology for determining distance of roaming, in accordance with the mobility guidelines addressed in Section 2.2.

Landing Site and Site of Interest Approval

The Judging Panel must approve the TEAM’s landing site and, if the TEAM intends to compete for the Heritage Bonus, plans to approach any Site of Interest, to eliminate unnecessary risks to historically or scientifically significant sites on the lunar surface.

Logo Scheme Approval

The Judging Panel must approve the TEAM’s logo scheme in accordance to the logo guidelines addressed in Section 5.5.

Final Checkout

The Judging Panel must be invited to the final checkout of the CRAFT prior to a TEAM’s launch attempt to ensure the CRAFT’s integrity from the time of Google Lunar X PRIZE Judging Panel approval until the time of launch.

Access

The Judging Panel shall be allowed free and open access to the TEAM’s facilities before and during Google Lunar X PRIZE missions. Additionally, the Google Lunar X PRIZE Judging Panel shall be granted free and open access to all data streams going to or from the CRAFT during the course of Google Lunar X PRIZE missions, for the purposes of verification.

Non-Disclosure

All members of the Google Lunar X PRIZE Judging Panel shall be required to sign Non- Disclosure Agreements, as well as statements acknowledging that all of the Intellectual Property developed by the TEAM is the sole property of the TEAM.

Conflict of Interest

To prevent conflicts of interest, or the appearance of said conflicts, the TEAM may request that one and only one member of the Google Lunar X PRIZE Judging Panel be recused from judging of the TEAM.

Rulings and Judging

All decisions made by the Google Lunar X PRIZE Judging Panel shall be rendered by a majority of the judges and will be considered binding to both the TEAM and the X PRIZE Foundation.

List of Acronyms

MTA: Master Team Agreement

XPF: X PRIZE Foundation

List of Units

kbps: kilobits per second

MB: Megabyte

m: Meters