Island leads the way in lunar race.

From: Isle of Man Newspapers (Douglas, England) | Date: December 7, 2007 | Copyright information

EVEN the sky is not the limit for an Isle of Man-based group which has become the first entrant in a race to the moon.

Odyssey Moon, with its headquarters in Athol Street, Douglas, became the first team to complete registration for the $30 million Google Lunar X Prize in San Jose, California, yesterday evening GMT.

The X Prize Foundation and Google Inc announced the $30 million prize in September, with the money going to the first private companies to land a p...

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