From: Technotranscendence (neptune@mars.superlink.net)
Date: Tue Sep 03 2002 - 05:46:46 MDT
Landmark Decision Clears Way For First Commercial Lunar Flight
TransOrbital, Inc. has become the first private company in the history
of space flight to win approval from the U.S. government to explore,
photograph, and land on the moon. The company expects to launch its
Trailblazer Mission from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan within
the next 9-12 months.
The approvals and licensing by U.S. State Department and The National
Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) position
TransOrbital as only company presently authorized by the U.S. Government
to return to the moon.
For the rest of this story, see
http://www.spacedaily.com/news/lunar-02a.html
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