Moon Express gets permission to land on the moon in 2017

Moon Express  has made history as the first private enterprise to get U.S. government  permission for traveling to and landing on the moon. The planned  mission, which still has some hurdles to overcome and will be of the  unmanned variety, is currently scheduled to happen next year, and will  involve Moon Express putting a robotic spacecraft of some sort on the  lunar surface. The approval has been a long time coming, and includes  involvement from the White House, Federal Aviation Administration, NASA,  and the State Department.  

The decision marks a big milestone for private space companies, which  have thus far been limited to operating within the Earth’s orbit. All  missions to planets and celestial bodies beyond our own have taken place  via government missions around the world; many private companies have  been working on projects that would take them into deep space, however,  and it has only been a matter of time before such a ruling happened. Moon Express’s mission will, of course, be one of peaceful  exploration. The company’s website speaks about the future and how the  moon may be involved in it. Company founder and CEO Bob Richards, for  example, said the following: 

Getting the greenlight is only part of the overall work Moon Express has cut out for it, though. According to the Wall Street Journal,  Moon Express still need to get approval to launch its planned 20lbs  rover, which will carry instruments and tools not unlike the kind NASA  uses.  Regardless, the initial approval highlights the regulatory process  that other companies will likely have to undergo, and is no doubt of  interest to the likes of SpaceX, Boeing, Orbital ATK, and other private  companies. Private space exploration will likely span many purposes in the  future, including the mining of resources from asteroids and similar  celestial bodies, hunting for water that may become scarce on our own  planet, and even the establishment of human habitats. SpaceX has been  very vocal in its own plans to get humans to Mars, a goal shared by  NASA.

source : http://www.slashgear.com/moon-express-gets-permission-to-land-on-the-moon-in-2017-03450623/

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