NASA turns to private companies for future moon missions
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NASA has selected nine companies that will be allowed to compete for a share of up to $2.6 billion over the next 10 years to build and launch instruments, experiments and small robotic payloads to the moon. The goal is to collect valuable scientific data as well as to encourage private-sector development beyond low-Earth orbit.
"We're doing something that's never been done before," said NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine. "When we go to the moon, we want to be one customer of many customers in a robust marketplace between the Earth and the moon. And we want multiple providers that are competing on cost and innovation so we as NASA can do more than we've ever been able to do before."
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