月球快递

月球快递
月球快递
公司类型	私人
创办人	Robert D. Richards、Naveen Jain、Barney Pell
代表人物	杰恩（Naveen Jain）
总部	美国加州
产业	月球采扩
网站	https://moonexpress.com/

月球快递（Moon Express）是一间美国私人公司，由一群硅谷太空企业家所成立，以赢得Google月球X大奖，挖掘月球自然资源，获得经济价值为目标^[1]。

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历史

2010年8月，杰恩（Naveen Jain）^[2] 、巴尼·佩尔和罗伯特·理查兹共同创立月球快递^[3] ，总部位于加州山景城，计划推出商业用月球机器运输和开采月球资源^[4]，包括稀土元素铌，钇和镝^[1]^[5]。

2016年6月，美国联邦航空管理局批准该公司在2017年运送商业太空船至月球^[6]^[7]。

参考

[1]
Hennigan, W.J. MoonEx aims to scour Moon for rare materials. Los Angeles Times. 2011-08-20 [2011-04-10]. （原始内容存档于2019-10-17）. MoonEx's machines are designed to look for materials that are scarce on Earth but found in everything from a Toyota Prius car battery to guidance systems on cruise missiles. ... The company is among several teams hoping to someday win the Google Lunar X Prize competition, a $30-million race to the Moon in which a privately-funded team must successfully place a robot on the Moon's surface and have it explore at least 1/3 of a mile. It also must transmit high definition video and images back to Earth before 2016. ... should be ready to land on the lunar surface by 2013.
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Caulfield, Brian. Naveen Jain: 'Think Of The Moon As Just Another Continent'. Forbes. [August 16, 2011]. （原始内容存档于2020-10-25）.
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Moon Express Announces First Successful Flight Test of Lunar Lander System Developed With NASA Partnership. Moon Express. [August 16, 2011].^{[失效链接]}
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Knafo, Saki. The New Space Biz: Companies Seek Cash In The Cosmos. Huffington Post. July 22, 2011 [August 16, 2011]. （原始内容存档于2017-04-22）.
[5]
Moving the heaven to get some rare earth. Chennai, India: The Hindu. June 2, 2011 [June 7, 2011]. （原始内容存档于2011-06-07）.
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Pasztor, Andy. U.S. Set to Approve Moon Mission by Commercial Space Venture. The Wall Street Journal. June 5, 2016 [June 6, 2016]. （原始内容存档于2020-11-08）.
[7]
Florida Company Gets Approval to Put Robotic Lander on Moon. The New York Times. 4 August 2016 [2016-08-04]. （原始内容存档于2020-11-19）.

外部链接

Moon Express official website
Team Moon Express （页面存档备份，存于互联网档案馆）
BBC Radio Covers Moon Express （页面存档备份，存于互联网档案馆）

[lat20110408a-1] [1]
Hennigan, W.J. MoonEx aims to scour Moon for rare materials. Los Angeles Times. 2011-08-20 [2011-04-10]. （原始内容存档于2019-10-17）. MoonEx's machines are designed to look for materials that are scarce on Earth but found in everything from a Toyota Prius car battery to guidance systems on cruise missiles. ... The company is among several teams hoping to someday win the Google Lunar X Prize competition, a $30-million race to the Moon in which a privately-funded team must successfully place a robot on the Moon's surface and have it explore at least 1/3 of a mile. It also must transmit high definition video and images back to Earth before 2016. ... should be ready to land on the lunar surface by 2013.

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Caulfield, Brian. Naveen Jain: 'Think Of The Moon As Just Another Continent'. Forbes. [August 16, 2011]. （原始内容存档于2020-10-25）.

[SuccessfulFlight-3] [3]
Moon Express Announces First Successful Flight Test of Lunar Lander System Developed With NASA Partnership. Moon Express. [August 16, 2011].^{[失效链接]}

[HuffingtonPost-4] [4]
Knafo, Saki. The New Space Biz: Companies Seek Cash In The Cosmos. Huffington Post. July 22, 2011 [August 16, 2011]. （原始内容存档于2017-04-22）.

[Hindu.com-5] [5]
Moving the heaven to get some rare earth. Chennai, India: The Hindu. June 2, 2011 [June 7, 2011]. （原始内容存档于2011-06-07）.

[wsj.com-6] [6]
Pasztor, Andy. U.S. Set to Approve Moon Mission by Commercial Space Venture. The Wall Street Journal. June 5, 2016 [June 6, 2016]. （原始内容存档于2020-11-08）.

[7] [7]
Florida Company Gets Approval to Put Robotic Lander on Moon. The New York Times. 4 August 2016 [2016-08-04]. （原始内容存档于2020-11-19）.

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