Online Cell Phone Superstore YouNeverCall has added an additional prize to Google's recently announced prize for landing a spacecraft on the Moon. YouNeverCall offers $10,000 to the first company to successfully place a cellular phone call from the moon.
Los Angeles, California (PRWEB) September 21, 2007 — YouNeverCall Inc. the popular online cell phone superstore, today announced a $10,000 prize award for the first cell phone call placed from the moon.
This announcement follows on the coattails of Google's announcement of $30M in prize money for landing a craft on the moon by Dec. 31, 2014. YouNeverCall has decided to allow a few more days to place the first cell phone call from the moon and so the deadline has been set for January 7, 2015 – which is a Wednesday.
In order to claim the $10,000 prize a cell phone call must be placed by a device or person present on the Moon's surface. This call must pass through a commercially available cellular phone to YouNeverCall's corporate headquarters in Los Angeles, CA. The call may travel via any protocol or compression before reaching our offices, and it must be possible to for the caller to answer a few yes/no questions correctly. Like Google, YouNeverCall is offering a lesser prize for companies who achieve a related but lesser goal. YouNeverCall is offering a $500 prize to the first SMS message that travels via the moon and lands on one of our corporate cell phones. Furthermore, the company is offering a $100 bounty to the first party who receives a cell phone call on the Moon that rings using the infamous Crazy Frog Ringtone.
While Google's goal is to cause excitement around renewed space exploration, YouNeverCall aims to extend Google's mission by introducing a new facet. "We feel that by challenging the scientific community with performing an everyday task on the moon, we are going a step further than Google. While the journey itself may be the destination in some sense – we think doing something useful once you get there will also add a little something," said Sam Michelson, VP Marketing for YouNeverCall.
YouNeverCall reminds readers that use of cell phones outside of one's calling area may incur steep roaming charges.
My coverage is not great now.
My cell phone service provider has trouble keeping me connected when I am at home. How will they be able to service me from moon?
Forget the first cell phone call on the moon. Who will be the first company to put fast food in the Sea of Tranquility? McDonald’s or Burger King? I am waiting for the first Wal-Mart to open.