Lunar logistics startup Astrobotic is hoping to become the world’s first delivery service to the Moon. The company, spun out of a project at Carnegie Mellon University, was launched about a decade ago in order to participate in the Google Lunar XPrize.

“What we are doing is taking cutting-edge robotics and layering it on top of proven development,” Thornton said…

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Kendra R Chamberlain
Editor and analyst at The Enterprise Orbit, covering new space business and technology developments; freelance journalist covering telecom, renewable energy technology & smart infrastructure.