Mission to the Moon result possibly in satellite resource extraction. tours are also an option to be considered by the company
The Moon Express sagrou officially the first private company to obtain permission to travel beyond Earth orbit. In the second half of 2017, plans to visit the moon.
“We are now allowed to explore the eighth continent on earth, the moon, looking for new knowledge and resources to expand the Earth’s economic sphere to the benefit of all humanity, “said Bob Richards, co-founder and chief executive of Moon Express to TechCrunch.
All commercial activities in space had been limited to Earth orbit, but after months of talks with responsible government, the company received the green light from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to exceed these limits.
the Moon Express become will thus in the fourth entity to alunar after the United States, the former USSR and China have been doing. According to Quartz, the FAA decision does not set a precedent for future commercial space exploration, that is, every new business proposal will be assessed individually until they are enacted laws regulating this activity.
“We chose to go to the moon because it is a good deal, “says Naveen Jain, co-founder of the company. Once on the Moon, the explorers plan to harvest water and helium-3, create a fuel tank and eventually promote travel round trip. The tourism, resource extraction and development of technology are three other possibilities to consider.
In November 2015, the Competitiveness Act of Space Launch Commercial has the resources may be extracted by private companies outside the orbit land ownership of these companies.
the idea of this company based in Florida came from the Google Lunar X-PRIZE, an international competition that promises 30 million dollars (just over EUR 26 million) to the private entity alunar , travel 500 meters on the lunar surface and transmit then HD video to Earth. The Moon Express now hopes to win the competition.
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