Astobotic Says Faulty Valve May Have Doomed Its Peregrine Moon Lander
Astrobotic aimed to be the first private US firm to land on the moon, but its lunar spacecraft failed shortly after launch.
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Astrobotic aimed to be the first private US firm to land on the moon, but its lunar spacecraft failed shortly after launch.
Astrobotic aimed to be the first private US firm to land on the moon, but its lunar spacecraft failed shortly after launch.
Astrobotic's Peregrine Lander has set the stage for a new era of commercial missions to the moon in the coming years.
"Monday morning’s launch of the new Peregrine lunar lander, with a robotic rover aboard, is the first of half a dozen 'mining' missions scheduled for the moon this year."
What could be so rare and valuable that it would be worth going all the way to the Moon to get some?