NASA is paying Colorado start-up Lunar Outpost $1 to collect rocks and dust from the moon.The companies have to collect small samples of lunar soil and share information on its location with NASA.
NASA asked for bids between $15,000 and $25,000, but approved the $1 bid because Lunar Outpost was already planning to collect lunar material.Colorado start-up Lunar Outpost will collect "a small amount" of material from the surface of the moon's south pole in 2023, NASA announced NASA is paying commercial companies to provide it with small samples of lunar soil and share information on its location.
"Is NASA going to cut a check for 10 cents [to Lunar Outpost]? The answer is yes," Phil McAlister, NASA commercial spaceflight director, said during a press conference Thursday. The agency asked for bids between $15,000 and $25,000 for the collection program, but approved the $1 bid because Lunar Outpost was already planning to collect lunar material, McAlister said.The company is currently undecided which lander it will fly with, Lunar Outpost CEO Justin Cyrus told
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