NASA Is Investing $590 Million in Private Contractors to Build Humanity’s First Moon Outpost
NASA said the awards will fund four Moon missions and new science payloads as it builds a permanent lunar outpost near the south pole.
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The Agency allocated nearly $600 million to new landing missions in 2028, hoping to get China ahead of establishing a permanent lunar base near the southern pole of the satellite.
NASA is investing $590 million in private contractors to build humanity’s first Moon outpost
NASA has awarded $590 million in contracts to Astrobotic, Firefly, and Intuitive Machines to deliver landers and cargo to the Moon as part of its $30 billion Moon Base program.
The US Space Agency announced that contracts worth $590 million had been awarded to three space companies, within the first phase of its plan to establish a permanent base on the Moon, in a move to pave the way for a sustainable human presence and competition for Chinese space progress. The Agency said that contracts had been awarded to Asteropoltech, Firefly, and Inuit to carry out four missions to transport scientific equipment and shipments t…
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