Masten Space Systems takes lead in Lunar Lander Challenge
Saturday, October 31, 2009 - 02:21
in Astronomy & Space
The team is one of four competing for $2 million in prizes in the New Mexico desert. NASA sees private space companies playing a role in future missions. On Friday, only days after NASA tested its next big-ticket rocket, a ragtag group of space junkies in the Mojave Desert flew a bargain-basement rocket ship that could be the real future of spaceflight in...
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