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Synergy Moon is an international commercial enterprise dedicated to the development of space technologies and related services.
. It was one of five finalist teams, out of an original 33 entrants.
History
Team Synergy Moon was formed in 2010 when Kevin Myrick, founder and CEO o
InterPlanetary Ventures and Nebojša Stanojević, founder of The Human Synergy Moon Project, decided to merge their ventures and partner with
Interorbital Systems to create a single entrant for the
Google Lunar X Prize
The Google Lunar XPRIZE (GLXP), sometimes referred to as Moon 2.0,
was a 2007–2018 inducement prize space competition organized by the X Prize Foundation, and sponsored by Google. The challenge called for privately funded teams to be the ...
, and filed proof of its launch agreement on August 30, 2016.
Jayakumar Venkatesan took the responsibility as Chief Technology Officer to design and develop the spacecraft systems according to the competition guidelines.
Competition guidelines required the rover to travel 500 metres and transmit images, video, data, an sms and an email back to Earth. With working groups on in over 15 countries and on 6 continents, Team Synergy Moon promotes international cooperation in space exploration and development.
Teams had until 31 March 2018 to launch their missions.
On 23 January 2018, the X Prize Foundation announced that "no team would be able to make a launch attempt to reach the Moon by the
1 March 2018deadline... and the US$30 million Google Lunar XPrize will go unclaimed. Synergy Moon reported in February 2018 that they are negotiating with
TeamIndus
TeamIndus (incorporated as Axiom Research Labs