If yesterday we talked about how the FAA finally gave permission to Virgin Galactic for space travel, now we learn that the space race has new contenders since Moon Express just got special permission to travel to the Moon. A permission that literally catalogues to this private company as the first in history to obtain a permission of this type.
As already is said makes time, the Moon is a system in which many companies have since its point of looks, the objective is begin to perform tasks of exploration and exploitation of resources. A career in which, at the moment seems to go winning Moon Express but that certainly within not much will be others, like Deep Space Industries, which follow. With regard to the company in itself, comment you that this was founded by the billionaire Naveen Jain.
Moon Express, first private company to have permission for trips to the Moon
According to statements by Bob Richards, co-founder and CEO of Moon Express:
Finally are free for set sail as explorers towards the eighth continent of the Earth, the Moon, in a search of new knowledge and resources for expand the sphere economic of it land in benefit of all the humanity.
As regards the funding required, highlight that Moon Express received makes some years nothing less that 30 million of dollars to the win the contest ‘Lunar X-Prize‘ organized by Google and directed to companies private. The aim of this competition was to show what technologies were each that make possible to make trips to the moon. After the excellent results achieved by Moon Express we find no less than 26 entrepreneurs and engineers seeking to remove components and materials of the moon to bring them to Earth in order to study them and do business.
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