Less than a month ago NASA announced that nine companies had been selected as “couriers” for future payloads to the surface of the moon. The combined maximum contract value is $2.6 billion over the next 10 years. The Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) is brilliant and here’s why.
Read More »Moon Express Signs Agreements With Seven Canadian Organizations – To Open Toronto Area Office
Florida Space Coast based Moon Express, which today is focus of an Industry Day at the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), has signed memorandum’s of understanding (MOU) with seven Canadian organizations and plans on opening an office in the Toronto area.
Read More »The Canadian Space Agency Signs Multiple Agreements at the 2018 International Astronautical Congress
The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has signed three agreements so far the 2018 International Astronautical Congress ongoing in Bremen, Germany.
Read More »Moon Express Looks to Canada for International Growth and Signs MOU with the Canadian Space Agency
There is some irony in the signing today of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between Moon Express and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) at the International Astronautical Congress in Bremen.
Read More »Canadian Space Agency to Hold Fall 2018 Space Industry Days in October
The Canadian Space Agency will hold a “Fall 2018 Space Industry Days” in mid-October for Blue Origin, Moon Express and Airbus Defense and Space being each featured in successive days.
Read More »Landing Site Selection for Commercial Missions to the Moon
This past week at the Lunar Science for Landed Missions Workshop, two commercial landing opportunities panels were organized that included representatives from Moon Express, Astrobotic, Blue Origin, iSpace, Masten Space, PT Scientists, Team Indus, Masten and Ceres Robotics.
Read More »There May Not Be a Google Lunar X Prize Winner but Winners Have Already Emerged
The Google Lunar X Prize has a final hard date of March 31, 2018. If none of the finalists have completed their mission to the moon by that date then no one will win. Even so, it’s clear now that the spirit of the competition has been met.
Read More »Minister of Transport’s Director of Policy Alain Berinstain Leaving Government for Moon Express
SpaceQ has learned that Alain Berinstain, the current Director of Policy for Minister of Transport Marc Garneau, is leaving government to work for the U.S. based space exploration company Moon Express.
Read More »The Moon is Almost Open for Business
In his opening statement at the Subcommittee on Space Hearing on Private Sector Lunar Exploration, Brian Babin (R-Texas), Chair of the Subcommittee said “will space be the next sector to lead economic growth?” His answer, ” I don’t know.” It’s an important question and his answer was right.
Read More »Space Mining Entrepreneur Discussion – Space Quarterly Archives
Continuing with our Summer Reading Series of articles or interviews that still have some relevance today, we present EVA Interviews – Space Mining Entrepreneur Discussion.
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