π NASA Just Paid Three Private Companies $590M to Land on the Moon Four Times in 2028
Astrobotic, Firefly Aerospace, and Intuitive Machines are splitting nearly $600 million in NASA contracts to deliver science payloads to the lunar south pole in late 2028. Every mission carries the same trio of instruments: improving lunar navigation, studying hazardous landing dust, and mapping radiation β all groundwork for a permanent outpost near the Moon's south pole. Four landings, three companies, one big goal. Do you think a permanent lunar base is actually happening this decade?
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