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Race to the Moon Heats Up for Private Firms

Race to the Moon Heats Up for Private Firms

Spurred by the $30 million Google Lunar X Prize, 29 teams have signed up for a competition to become the first private venture to land on the Moon.

 

First Gardens on the Moon by 2012

First Gardens on the Moon by 2012

As part of the Google Lunar X Prize, Paragon Space Development Corp. has recently teamed with Odyssey Moon to develop a pressurized mini greenhouse to deploy on the surface of the moon, grow a plant from seed, and hopefully see it flower and seed itself. It marks a critical stage of development for extending life beyond the confines of our planet.

 

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