It really is rocket science

Will of The Dragon's Tales is heading a group called Team Phoenicia, their aim being the construction of a lunar lander as part of the Lunar Lander Challenge and the Google Lunar X Prize. You can find out more about the project here, and the team certainly could use some donations to keep the project moving along. Keep checking their blog for updates, too, as I expect that we will hear great things from Will and his team as the challenge progresses.

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