Today i have different news for you. Google announced original competition and the main prize is $20 million. The goal is simple - to build a probe that will go to the moon, collect some data and send it back to Earth.
Google competition is part of the X Prize Foundation, which grants financial prizes for extraordinary achievements in field of science. The first prize was $10 million for sending a probe on the Earths orbit.
The probe has to land before 2012. Additional informations about Google Lunar X Prize can be found on organizators website.