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08-03-2016, 05:09 PM
A private spaceflight company just got approval to land a spacecraft on the moon
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For the first time, the U.S. government just gave a private spaceflight company the equivalent of a passport to the moon.*
Moon Express, a little-k**wn spaceflight company, an**unced the federal approval on Wednesday morning. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) confirmed the move in a statement.
The company is aiming to send a robotic lander to the moon by the end of 2017, and while it still needs to manufacture and test its spacecraft, **t to mention launch it to the moon aboard a yet-to-be-flown rocket, it **w has regulatory approval from the federal government to eventually do exactly that.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/03/moon-express-lunar-mission-approval/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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For the first time, the U.S. government just gave a private spaceflight company the equivalent of a passport to the moon.*
Moon Express, a little-k**wn spaceflight company, an**unced the federal approval on Wednesday morning. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) confirmed the move in a statement.
The company is aiming to send a robotic lander to the moon by the end of 2017, and while it still needs to manufacture and test its spacecraft, **t to mention launch it to the moon aboard a yet-to-be-flown rocket, it **w has regulatory approval from the federal government to eventually do exactly that.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/03/moon-express-lunar-mission-approval/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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