Google Lunar X Prize Leader Board: Barcelona Moon Team Leading Astrobotic

One caveat to the launch date methodology is the failure of the Long March launch for the Brazilians last night.

http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2013/12/chinese-long-march-4b...

I believe the teams in the last America's Cup spent about $100 million each for their boats and R&D.

http://www.theverge.com/2013/9/25/4771202/larry-ellisons-tea...

If we could turn the space race into some sort of competition every 4 years, we might just reignite the space age.