Nearly everyone on the planet has heard of the XPrize, which has spawned hi-tech competitions with multi-million dollar prizes for everything from fuel efficient vehicles to sub-orbital spacecraft.  However, in what must be the XPrize that is by far the most "Out There," the race is on as hree-dozen teams are vying to become the first private enterprises to land a rover on the moon. The winner takes home $30 million.  In fact, the Google Lunar XPrize competition has recently heated up with one competitor, Team Astrobotic collecting a three quarters of a million dollar "Milestone Prize" for overcoming key technical risks in the areas of imaging and mobility.  XPrize may announce more Milestone winners in the coming weeks, if other teams can prove their rovers are on track to land on the moon by December 31, 2016. What we will explore in this episode is the history of the XPrize as well as this current round of utter lunacy.