The Google Lunar XPRIZE was announced in 2007 . Similar to the way in which the Ansari XPRIZE was formed , the Google Lunar XPRIZE was created out of a former venture of Peter Diamandis to achieve a similar goal . Diamandis served as CEO of BlastOff ! Corporation , a commercial initiative to land a robotic spacecraft on the Moon as a mix of entertainment , internet , and space . Although it was ultimately unsuccessful , the BlastOff ! initiative paved the way for the Google Lunar X Prize
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Google Lunar X Prize