When NASA revealed the names of nine companies eligible for contracts to deliver payloads to the moon on robotic landers, it set off a flurry of activity among firms with related technology.
Deep Space Systems mobile lander concept. Credit: Deep Space Systems
“Going back to the moon with commercial technology opens the floodgates,
” said Grant Anderson, president, chief executive and co-founder of Paragon Space Development Corp., a thermal control technology specialist and Moon Express teammate for NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program.
NASA’s recent...