Lunar X Prize Entry Offers Low-Cost Rides

Credit: NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center
A recent entrant in the Google Lunar X Prize competition hopes to pay for a robotic Moon lander by selling rides on its launch vehicle at bargain-basement prices, including a $24.5-million trip to lunar orbit. The Rocket City Space Pioneers (RCSP) team bases its business plan on buying a Falcon 9...

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