Private company first to take on Lunar X Challenge Odyssey Moon is the first to register for the Lunar X Challenge, a competition sponsered by Google. Carnegie Mellon is also expected to register. The top prize is $20 million, second prize is $5 million, and there are an additional $5 million in prizes for things like roving distance and surviving a lunar night. Dennis taps into Facebook craze (Thanks, Nicole Lee!) Dennis Publishing will publish a Facebook guide book. The “bookazine” will be available for £5.99, and if sales are good enough it will be followed by a sequel.