” Related: NASA selects 3 brand-new science experiments for business moon missionsThis data visualization image from NASA shows the area of a ridge near the lunar south poles Shackleton Crater (seen at far best). (Image credit: NASA) NASA frames the PRIME-1 objective as a key action in learning how to mine resources from the lunar surface area. Choice for CLPS places companies in a swimming pool of qualified candidates, from which NASA might draw for future missions.NASA next revealed in October 2020 that it would pay Intuitive Machines up to $47 million to provide PRIME-1 to the surface, and then in August this year, Intuitive Machines said it would job a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with introducing the lander to area and aiming it towards the moon.Follow Elizabeth Howell on Twitter @howellspace.
” Related: NASA chooses 3 new science experiments for industrial moon missionsThis information visualization image from NASA shows the location of a ridge near the lunar south poles Shackleton Crater (seen at far best). (Image credit: NASA) NASA frames the PRIME-1 objective as an essential action in finding out how to mine resources from the lunar surface. Choice for CLPS locations business in a swimming pool of certified applicants, from which NASA may draw for future missions.NASA next announced in October 2020 that it would pay Intuitive Machines up to $47 million to deliver PRIME-1 to the surface, and then in August this year, Intuitive Machines stated it would task a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with introducing the lander to space and aiming it towards the moon.Follow Elizabeth Howell on Twitter @howellspace.