US authorities may allow the first private commercial flight to the moon, under the auspices of a startup Moon Express.
According to The Wall Street Journal, citing sources, if the project is approved, it will be the first experience of negotiation of commercial space companies with long-term international agreements in the field of space exploration. This will create a precedent which “could give rise to a wave of private space initiatives – from drilling asteroids to track the movements of space debris»
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In the case of support from the US government, the mission will launch in the next year. Source publication states that after several months of discussions, start close to the ‘statement of mission ».
At the same time it noted that the Moon Express plans “involve enormous technical difficulties.” In particular, the carrier rocket, which want to use the authors of the project, has not yet made a single run.
The aim of Moon Express – to carry out unmanned space expedition to the conclusion in the space of scientific equipment, and then go to the business. The company strives for Google prize intended to those who first developed through private investment unit, landed on the moon and transmitted to Earth pictures and videos.
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