Ars Technicaflipped into Ars TechnicaTexas satellite company defends itself against NASA criticismsverified_publisherArs Technica - Eric Berger“We’re not a bunch of cowboys launching satellites.” The founder of a Texas-based company that wants to put more than 200 very large satellites into …
BBC NewsDec 4, 2020Nasa to pay company $1 to collect rocks from moonverified_publisherBBC News - By Justin HarperNasa is paying a Colorado-based company $1 (£0.74) to collect a small sample of rocks from the moon. Lunar Outpost is among four firms awarded contracts to retrieve lunar regolith, or moon soil, for the US space agency, for a total of $25,001. Nasa will use the soil in its Artemis programme, which …
CNBCflipped into Top NewsNASA will pay a company $1 to collect moon rocksverified_publisherCNBC - Michael SheetzNASA will pay an amazingly low price – a dollar – to have a company make a single small collection of moon dirt on the agency's behalf. Colorado-based …
AvatarSusanne DragonWolfeflipped into Science NASA gives big moon mission to Alabama companyal.com - Lee RoopPresident Trump may be leaving office, but NASA is staying on course with the president’s plan to return American astronauts to the moon. On Nov. 12, …
Fox Newsflipped into Latest NewsNASA awards 14 US companies with $370M to transform spaceverified_publisherFox News - Chris CiacciaAs NASA gets set to return to the moon in 2024 and head to Mars several years later, the space agency awarded a number of U.S. companies with contracts worth $370 million to help make these plans happen. The contracts, awarded on Wednesday, are for a variety of different initiatives, including …
AvatarAJ !flipped into CONCEPT ! SPACE ! TECH . . .NASA selects four companies for moon material collection as it seeks to set precedent on private sector outer space miningverified_publisherTechCrunch - Darrell EtheringtonNASA has selected the winning candidates that they’ve decided to tap to collect lunar resources for eventual Earth return. The four companies all have rides booked on future commercial lunar lander missions, and the agency is using this as a demonstration of what kinds of efficiencies it can …
The Vergeflipped into The VergeNASA wants to buy Moon rocks from private companiesverified_publisherThe Verge - Loren GrushNASA is officially in the market for Moon rocks — and it’s willing to pay any company that’s capable of scooping them up. Today, the space agency is putting out a call for proposals from companies, challenging them to snag small samples of rocks on the Moon’s surface. The companies will have to …
B Robertsflipped into My StuffNASA injects $17M into four small companies with Artemis ambitionsverified_publisherTechCrunch - Devin ColdeweyNASA awards millions of dollars a year to small businesses through the SBIR program, but generally it’s a lot of small awards to hundreds of companies. Breaking with precedent, today the agency announced a new multi-million-dollar funding track and its four first recipients, addressing urgent needs …
