True stories of Lunar Lander Challenge (plus news reports)
What really happened:
X Prize Cup 2006 — Armadillo Aerospace News update October 23 2006
X-Prize Cup — Selenian Boondocks by Jon Goff October 24 2006
[exclusive media coverage at PopSci.com, Space.com and Aero-News.net not mentioned here]
News archive collection, still in progress:
Climbing the steep learning curve to space — The Space Review by Jeff Foust Monday, October 23, 2006
Not true department: Moon tourism race lifts off with £5m prize — The Sunday Times UK – Mark Franchetti, Moscow
People’s Daily Online — First paying woman astronaut addicted to space
Funniest combination of hype and underplay, from rival town TV: X-Prize Draws Hundreds To Las Cruces – KFOX-TV El Paso (Unfortunately, the first day video Vanessa Reyes reports: The X-Prize Contest is no longer active; maybe the fact-checking department found out those rockets didn’t really go to space!) [edit: 10/29 — video is now working: rocketized Learjets raced through the sky navigating a virtual racetrack and Tripoli rockets soared to space — (not really)]