Xinhua Astronautics
The company Moon Express will send a spacecraft to land on the Moon in 2017, in order to eventually practice space mining.
the US government has first approved the plan for a private company to send a spacecraft that landing on the Moon in 2017 , announced on Wednesday Federal Aviation administration US (FAA acronym English).
the FAA said in a statement that it has been determined that the launch of the spacecraft MX-1E, the company Moon Express , “does not compromise public health and safety, safety of property, national security or foreign policy of the US, nor its international obligations.”
Moon Express, created in 2010 with the purpose of practicing the mining on the Moon in the future, said receiving the green light after in-depth consultations with the FAA, the White House, the State Department and US space agency NASA.
“the approval of the mission of Moon Express 2017 is a historic decision,” he said co-founder and CEO of the firm, Bob Richards.
” we are now free to sail as scouts eighth continent on Earth, the Moon, “he proclaimed.
the company, based in Florida, adding that the approval opens” a new era for exploration and discovery business ongoing Moon, and releases the immense potential of the valuable lunar resources “.
the approval also sets a precedent for the private sector involvement in space exploration in accordance with the Treaty on outer space of the United Nations, signed in 1967, which states that the activities in outer space by non-governmental entities may be approved by the respective Governments.
Up now, all commercial enterprises have been limited to operate in Earth orbit, and only governments have sent missions to outer space.
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