A young and ambitious Hungarian team has embarked on a mission to fulfill the challenge of the Google Lunar XPRIZE – a $40 million international competition – and send a rover to the Moon. The challenge is great, but it is technically feasible. Team Puli is working full speed since June 2010. In the meantime we have managed to collect the required $50 000 registration fee for the competiton and  we are continously working on creating our rovers and broadening our educational program. All scientists, engineers and other professionals taking part in the project do currently this voluntarily, however for a successful mission we need to invest in a large amount of equipment and have to provide funds for various other costs.

Currently we are working on the project Iteration 3 which will result in a space-grade protoflight rover. In our earlier work we laid down the "nervous system" of our Moon mission,  and, in the sense of the Hunveyor program, the same time we developed prototypes of our Puli rovers. Our systems were successfully tested in the Moroccan desert (2013 February) and on the slopes of Mauna Kea, one of the best Moon analog field test facilities (2013 December).

Become part of our mission!

Our Small Step Club is a continuously growing group of individuals who support the launch of the Puli with a little contribution: e.g., with the equivalent of your two working hours salary, but at least 1,000 HUF (which is about 4 EUR or 5 USD). This might be a small amount for a man, but the united effort creates a fantastic opportunity for the Puli to write history.

All club members also become Venture Sponsors, whose names will be carried by the Puli to the Moon. Members of the Small Step Club will also receive a personal certificate, and the first 15.000 people – if our mission will succeed – a unique photograph of the lunar surface.

We are happy to receive Your contribution - which we will acknowledge (for this please supply an e-mail address and the name You would like to see in the member's list in the bank transer details), at the following account of the CIB Bank:

In Hungarian Forint - HUF:

Giro Account Nr.: 10702404-65661455-51100005
IBAN: HU73 1070 2404 6566 1455 5110 0005

In US Dollar - USD:

Giro Account Nr.: 10702404-65661455-50000005
IBAN: HU31 1070 2404 6566 1455 5000 0005

In EUR:

Giro Account Nr.: 10702404-65661455-50100002
IBAN: HU10 1070 2404 6566 1455 5010 0002

BIC / SWIFT Code: CIBHHUHB

Beneficiary: Puli Space Technologies Ltd.

You can also support us through PayPal. Don't have a PayPal account? You can use your credit card or bank account (where available)

In Hungarian Forint - HUF:

In US Dollar - USD:

In EUR:

Members of the Small Step Club will be contacted later via the e-mail address provided with the transfer.

On behalf of the entire Puli Team and our Advisory Board I thank you very much for your support!

Dr Tibor Pacher, Puli Team Leader

The Google Lunar XPRIZE

The Google Lunar XPRIZE is a $40 million international competition to safely land a robot on the surface of the Moon, travel 500 meters over the lunar surface, and send images and data back to Earth. Teams must be at least 90% privately funded and had to register to compete by December 31, 2010. The first team to land on the Moon and complete the mission objectives will be awarded $20 million,  the second team to fulfil the prize criteria $5 million. Another $5 million will awarded in bonus prizes, and up to $10 million can be awarded before a Moon landing for completing terrestrial or in-space milestones. The final deadline for winning the prize is December 31, 2015.