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February 09, 2014

NASA bets on private companies to exploit moon's resources
Washington (AFP) Feb 09, 2014
NASA - building on successful partnerships with private companies to resupply the International Space Station - is now looking to private entrepreneurs to help exploit resources on the moon. In its latest initiative, unveiled in late January, the US space agency is proposing private companies take advantage of NASA's extensive know-how, its engineers and access to its installations to help design and build lunar robots. But unlike NASA's contracts with SpaceX and Orbital Sciences to deliver ca ... read more

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