/ness/ en /ness/2018/05/01/private-companies-took-over-rocket-launches-can-they-do-same-moon-landers <span>Private Companies Took Over Rocket Launches. Can They Do the Same For Moon Landers?</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2018-05-01T14:55:49-06:00" title="Tuesday, May 1, 2018 - 14:55">Tue, 05/01/2018 - 14:55</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/ness/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/article-thumbnail/concept_image_of_a_mx-1_lander_on_the_lunar_surface_0.jpg?h=52df7613&amp;itok=JKfMO7ex" width="1200" height="600" alt="Concept image of a MX-1 lander on the lunar surface."> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/ness/taxonomy/term/6"> News </a> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/ness/taxonomy/term/428" hreflang="en">MX-1 Lander</a> <a href="/ness/taxonomy/term/426" hreflang="en">Resource Prospector</a> </div> <span>Jay Bennett</span> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-content-media ucb-article-content-media-above"> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--media paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/ness/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/article-image/concept_image_of_a_mx-1_lander_on_the_lunar_surface.jpg?itok=vyP1K5vT" width="1500" height="842" alt="Concept image of a MX-1 lander on the lunar surface."> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-text d-flex align-items-center" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p><strong>From Popular Mechanics:&nbsp;</strong>NASA's support of private spaceflight has helped spur competition between companies like SpaceX, United Launch Alliance, and Blue Origin, and that rocket race has driven launch costs to historic lows. The next step will give industry a chance to take the reins a little farther from home by putting the first private lander on the surface of the moon.</p><p>This move became crystal clear last week when NASA confirmed the cancellation of Resource Prospector, a lunar rover program in the planning stages, and announced a new request for private industry to build lunar landers. <a href="https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/moon-mars/a20111688/nasa-lunar-rover-plan-private-landers-resource-prospector/" rel="nofollow">Read more...</a></p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Tue, 01 May 2018 20:55:49 +0000 Anonymous 664 at /ness