For the first time since 1972, an American mission has landed on the moon for NASA, the first steps in the possible commercialization of deep space.
’s south pole. It’s the first American mission to the lunar surface since 1972, and the first landing of theNASA administrator Bill Nelson called it"a landing of a lifetime" moments after the touchdown, which occurred at 6:23 p.m. EST."The U.S. has returned to the moon," he says."Today is a day that shows the power and promise of NASA's commercial partnerships. What a triumph.
After this proved successful for carrying cargo to the International Space Station, in March 2018 NASA adopted a similar method to accelerate its lunar missions, a program calledThe effort bore fruit: there are now 14 companies eligible to bid on missions for NASA and six companies with mission contracts for flights scheduled for 2023 and 2024. Each costs about six times less than an equivalent NASA flagship mission.
As a small, experimental program, CLPS has not attracted much opposition in or out of U.S. Congress, and this successful landing is likely to stave off critics.
“Should things move to the right, it's an opportunity for us to keep flying,” Altemus says. “This is more opportunity for CLPS vendors like Intuitive Machines to continue to deliver things to the surface before the humans get there. You want this rover on the surface? We'll take it there. You want this power station up there? We'll take it.”
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