月球快递

月球快递(Moon Express)是一间美国私人公司,由一群硅谷太空企业家所成立,以赢得Google月球X大奖,挖掘月球自然资源,获得经济价值为目标[1]

月球快递
公司类型私人
创办人Robert D. Richards、Naveen Jain、Barney Pell 编辑维基数据
代表人物杰恩(Naveen Jain)
总部美国加州
产业月球采扩
网站https://moonexpress.com/ 编辑维基数据

历史

2010年8月,杰恩(Naveen Jain)[2]巴尼·佩尔罗伯特·理查兹共同创立月球快递[3] ,总部位于加州山景城,计划推出商业用月球机器运输和开采月球资源[4],包括稀土元素[1][5]

2016年6月,美国联邦航空管理局批准该公司在2017年运送商业太空船至月球[6][7]


参考

  1. ^ 1.0 1.1 Hennigan, W.J. MoonEx aims to scour Moon for rare materials. Los Angeles Times. 2011-08-20 [2011-04-10]. (原始内容存档于2019-10-17). MoonEx's machines are designed to look for materials that are scarce on Earth but found in everything from a Toyota Prius car battery to guidance systems on cruise missiles. ... The company is among several teams hoping to someday win the Google Lunar X Prize competition, a $30-million race to the Moon in which a privately-funded team must successfully place a robot on the Moon's surface and have it explore at least 1/3 of a mile. It also must transmit high definition video and images back to Earth before 2016. ... should be ready to land on the lunar surface by 2013. 
  2. ^ Caulfield, Brian. Naveen Jain: 'Think Of The Moon As Just Another Continent'. Forbes. [August 16, 2011]. (原始内容存档于2020-10-25). 
  3. ^ Moon Express Announces First Successful Flight Test of Lunar Lander System Developed With NASA Partnership. Moon Express. [August 16, 2011]. [失效链接]
  4. ^ Knafo, Saki. The New Space Biz: Companies Seek Cash In The Cosmos. Huffington Post. July 22, 2011 [August 16, 2011]. (原始内容存档于2017-04-22). 
  5. ^ Moving the heaven to get some rare earth. Chennai, India: The Hindu. June 2, 2011 [June 7, 2011]. (原始内容存档于2011-06-07). 
  6. ^ Pasztor, Andy. U.S. Set to Approve Moon Mission by Commercial Space Venture. The Wall Street Journal. June 5, 2016 [June 6, 2016]. (原始内容存档于2020-11-08). 
  7. ^ Florida Company Gets Approval to Put Robotic Lander on Moon. The New York Times. 4 August 2016 [2016-08-04]. (原始内容存档于2020-11-19). 

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