Resource Prospector will just have to hope that Lunar CATALYST successfully produces a lander.
Quote from: A_M_Swallow on 01/19/2017 06:50 amResource Prospector will just have to hope that Lunar CATALYST successfully produces a lander. This acronym/initative appears to be dead as a doornail
Masten Space has just put a picture of its XL-1 lunar lander on its website.
Quote from: savuporo on 01/18/2017 09:18 pmQuote from: AegeanBlue on 01/18/2017 08:32 pmSo the question is, what mission is willing to offer them a ride? Can they fit to EM-2? 'Ride' as in launch isn't the big deal, missing lander is.Resource Prospector will just have to hope that Lunar CATALYST successfully produces a lander. Moon Express or Masten Space are possible suppliers.
Quote from: AegeanBlue on 01/18/2017 08:32 pmSo the question is, what mission is willing to offer them a ride? Can they fit to EM-2? 'Ride' as in launch isn't the big deal, missing lander is.
So the question is, what mission is willing to offer them a ride? Can they fit to EM-2?
Some more details on what the Trump administration asked and a -small- overview of the projecthttp://www.parabolicarc.com/2017/05/01/nasas-resource-prospector-rover-search-lunar-volatiles/
Quote from: AegeanBlue on 05/06/2017 03:34 amSome more details on what the Trump administration asked and a -small- overview of the projecthttp://www.parabolicarc.com/2017/05/01/nasas-resource-prospector-rover-search-lunar-volatiles/Quote from above links."However, any plans to extract valuable resources from the Moon for commercial purposes would seem to at least bump up against the 1967 Outer Space Treaty signed by the United States, Russia (then USSR), and 90 other countries, which states: "The exploration and use of outer space, including the Moon and other celestial bodies, shall be carried out for the benefit and in the interests of all countries, irrespective of their degree of economic or scientific development, and shall be the province of all mankind." Actually it's only way to comply with treaty- if talking about commercial lunar water mining. Or commercial mining would/should be done by publicly traded companies- thereby allow all people in the world to have opportunity to be the part owners of the enterprise. And a private enterprise [unless restricted by governmental laws] will obviously sell water and/or rocket fuel to any party who wants to pay for it.
Quote from: gbaikie on 05/07/2017 04:58 pmQuote from: AegeanBlue on 05/06/2017 03:34 amSome more details on what the Trump administration asked and a -small- overview of the projecthttp://www.parabolicarc.com/2017/05/01/nasas-resource-prospector-rover-search-lunar-volatiles/Quote from above links.....I don't see commercial mining being in conflict with the OST. As long as the mined material can be made available to any country, corporation or individual who wishes to purchase it for legal purposes, I believe that is in the spirit of what the OST is trying to achieve.
Quote from: AegeanBlue on 05/06/2017 03:34 amSome more details on what the Trump administration asked and a -small- overview of the projecthttp://www.parabolicarc.com/2017/05/01/nasas-resource-prospector-rover-search-lunar-volatiles/Quote from above links.....
The LEAG community strongly supports Resource Prospector to be flown without delay. #leag2017