douglas kennedy has all the details for us. hi, douglas. >> hi, alisyn. the u.s.been to the moon since 1976. and no one has ever been to the moon using private money. but they want to go where no one has gone before. >> it's one small step for man -- >> at least no one who didn't get government funding. >> neil armstrong took a giant leap for mankind. how would you characterize the step you're taking? >> well, i think this is even a bigger leap. this is students taking this leap. it's outrageous, and we're going to the moon. >> gretchen is a student at penn state university and is working on the lunar lion, possibly the first privately funded trip to the moon. in fact, she's currently in a space race with over a dozen other private groups, in a competition sponsored by google. >> so in order to win, you have to travel to the moon -- >> yes. >> -- travel at least 500 meters on the moon. >> right. >> send video back to the earth. all by 2016. >> all by 2016. and all on private funding. >> so we've got one rocket firing done. >> reporter: michael paul is a space syst

douglas kennedy has the details from our new york city newsroom.his? >> that's right. avoiding parking tickets is getting harder every day. one company in pennsylvania is trying to fix that. that's good news for this student. attends college in stranton, pennsylvania, a town where classes with last three hours but parking meters expire after two. basically you got a lot of parking tickets when you first got a car last year. >> i did. it was always difficult to find parking spaces. when i did, i would forget to go back in and get my change. jiggle around, search through the car cushions, real hassle. >> this year things are different. in july scranton became the latest city to adopt parking payments from smart phones via application or text message meaning he can refill his meter from anywhere, including class. this technology has been around for years but it was slow to catch on in the united states. >> people are so used to use coins that they were very slow to move to new technology. >> danny is from pango, one of four pay by phone companies in t