One project for Linux camera is in for Google's Lunar X PRIZE competition. The paper describing feasibility & announcing participation in Google's Lunar X PRIZE competition discusses use of Open source software & a donated Elphel NC353L network camera for the purpose of capturing , compression and store/transmit of extremely high-resolution videos.
Author of the paper Anders Feder is a volunteer with Team FREDNET. The discussed Elphel camera device has also been previously used by Google for Books Library and Street view projects.
Team of the volunteers at Frednet is currently designing a remote-controlled robotic rover intended to be sent to the surface of the Moon. Futher updates on the project can been on the their blog.
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