If a package deal will be delivered to a home, why cannot one be delivered to the moon?
That’s a query personal lunar logistics firm Astrobotic goals to reply.
The Pittsburgh-based firm is creating pioneering robotics expertise that will allow firms in addition to bizarre individuals to ship gadgets, like rovers, time capsules or perhaps a beloved one’s ashes, to the moon.
Astrobotic, which has partnered with Earthly delivery big DHL, is slated to launch its Peregrine Lunar Lander, which is designed to hold a number of packages to the floor of the moon, out of Florida’s Cape Canaveral on an Atlas V rocket in 2020.
John Thornton, the corporate’s CEO, says his aim is to go the place no delivery firm has gone earlier than and “make the moon accessible to the world.”
For extra on Astrobotic, take a look at the above episode of Space Pirates.