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Source: http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=7357
Israel Plans to Send Probe to Moon in 2015
(Israel Hayom) Ilan Gattegno - The Space IL organization has as its goal to send an Israeli space probe to the moon in 2015. The miniature smart spacecraft, to cost a tenth of a typical spacecraft, will be the smallest spacecraft ever to land on the moon. Space IL is a non-profit group set up to take part in the international Google Lunar X Prize competition. A $30 million prize will be given to the first privately funded team that lands a robot on the moon, has the robot travel 500 meters on the lunar surface, and sends back video, images and other data to Earth.