A New Private Moon Race Kicks Off Soon

Image caption: Astrobotic’s Peregrine lander is due to launch to the moon by the end of 2022. It will carry a mix of science experiments and private payloads. Image credit: Don Foley. Article by Rebecca Boyle. Scientific American – August 1, 2022.

One day last December, John Walker Moosbrugger, a 25-year-old project manager for the lunar robotics start-up Astrobotic, sat in front of the company’s clean room and watched as an instrument older than him was attached to a moon lander. The vehicle, called Peregrine, was a four-legged, foil-wrapped canister as big as a hot tub.  […]

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