Tuesday, November 28, 2023

Private enterprise Venturi Astrolab’s rovers will deploy $160M worth of payloads on the moon in 2026

Good news! Private enterprise can easily compete with NASA!

"It turns out a NASA contract isn’t the only way to fund a mission on the moon.

Lunar technology startup Venturi Astrolab announced today that its first moon rover mission will bring in over $160 million in customer contracts. That mission, aptly named Mission 1, will launch and land on a SpaceX Starship as early as mid-2026.

The contract value is spread across eight customers ...
The three remaining customers were not disclosed.

Astrolab has developed a rover it calls Flexible Logistics and Exploration, or Flex, that will be capable of carrying 1,500 kilograms of payload to the lunar surface. ..."

Venturi Astrolab’s rovers will deploy $160M worth of payloads on the moon | TechCrunch




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