Malaysian team vying to land robot on moon


PETALING JAYA: The dream has taken about nine years so far, but a team of aerospace engineers here is determined to land a rover on the moon. 

Team Independence-X has been part of the Google Lunar XPrize competition since 2008 and was vying for the top prize of US$20mil (RM89mil). 

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