29-11-2018 20:51 via theverge.com

NASA selects nine companies that will vie to put small landers on the Moon

Today, NASA announced that it is partnering with nine US aerospace companies to send small robotic landers to the Moon — the first phase in a multi-year plan to put humans on the lunar surface again. The companies are now part of a pool that can compete for NASA money. Whenever NASA wants to put small payloads of scientific instruments on the lunar surface, the agency will choose from these companies to do so.
The winning companies include Lockheed Martin, Astrobotic, Moon Express, Masten
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