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J.J. Abrams Documented A Space Exploration Competition That Has A $30 Million Prize

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BuzzFeed - Check out the trailer, exclusively on BuzzFeed. J.J. Abrams is clearly a space exploration enthusiast, just look at his resumé: Star Trek, Star Wars, even Super 8 had an alien. But he's taken his space enthusiasm to new levels. Tommaso Boddi / Getty Images Abrams' production company, Google, YouTube and XPRIZE have teamed up to document Google Lunar XPRIZE, a space race that began in 2007. The competition involves teams from around the world trying to successfully land a robot on the surface of the Moon. View Video ? buzzfeed-video1.s3.amazonaws.com According to the The Google Lunar XPRIZE press release, this is the largest prize competition of all time. It's meant to incentivize entrepreneurs to create a new era of affordable access to the Moon and beyond. Bad Robot The competition's $30 million prize purse will be awarded to teams who are able to land a privately fu

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