Challenging the Race to the Moon
Japanese team unveils exploration robot
August 29, 2016, Tokyo, Japan - Japanese telecommunication giant KDDI president Takashi Tanaka speaks as Japanese challenge team Hakuto for Google Lunar XPRIZE displays the final version of the rover at a press conference in Tokyo on Monday, August 29, 2016. The Google Lunar XPRIZE is a space competitionsponsored by Google. The private funded teams compete to land a rover on the moon and transmit high-definition images to the earth. (Photo by Yoshio Tsunoda/AFLO) LWX -ytd-