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scientific equipment in the first instance to the lunar surface, as nasa thinks about taking astronauts back there towards the end of the decade. astrobotic have other missions in the pipeline. they are going to put down a big roverfor nasa later. the other two companies, together with astrobotic, were going together with astrobotic, were going to do six missions at the moon this year. so the attitude from nasa is that it's a bit like a football analogy. they told me that you take analogy. they told me that you take a good number of shots on goal and hopefully, one or two of the bulls will go in and the others will learn from the experience of what has gone before. so yes, nasa has a risk appetite for this because these are low—cost missions, but they hope in the long run that these small private companies they have engaged will be able to routinely land on the moon. will be able to routinely land on the moon-— will be able to routinely land on the moon. ,. . the moon. our science correspondent jonathan amos. _ the moon. our science correspondent jonathan amos, thank _ the moon. our science correspondent