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Re: Philae Lander - What Next?

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Jason Damisch wrote:

> Philae Lander - What Next?
> 
> 
> British Company Announces Crowdfunded Lunar Mission
> 
> http://www.spacenews.com/article/civil-space/42598british-company-announces-crowdfunded-lunar-mission
> 
> Now, the proposition that launch costs are able to be greatly reduced is
> not an absurd one.  If Elon Musk can reliable reuse his first stage
> rocket, then it may happen.  If SpaceX are not fiddling around with their
> numbers too much, it might cost only $7 million dollars to launch a probe
> or a lander or a rover to the Moon.  That would just be the cost of the
> launcher, not including the lander and other costs involved.  There is
> some potential revenue to be had with this.  I think that the three
> billion dollars touted by Lunar Mission One for their potential revenue
> sounds quite high, but I certainly think that it is possible that if
> successful, they may not loose their shirts on this one.
> 
> Elon Musk is already putting pressure on the global launch industry.  Both
> in the United States and overseas.
> 
> http://www.spacenews.com/article/launch-report/42610europe%E2%80%99s-satellite-operators-urge-swift-development-of-ariane-6
> 
> Lunar Mission One appears to be well on track to achieving their
> Kickstarter goal.
> 
> http://www.lunarmissionone.com/
> 
> https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lunarmissionone/lunar-mission-one-a-new-lunar-mission-for-everyone
> 
> I would like to encourage anybody who was involved with the Philae mission
> to keep abreast of this.  I would also like to encourage anybody involved
> with Forth for the Philae lander to contact Lunar Mission One, or any
> other company which would like to take advantage of the new lower launch
> costs offered by SpaceX.  This is because a certain rad-hardened Forth
> microprocessor may be the lowest cost, most reliable, and lowest power
> alternative for a range of privately funded space missions.
> 
> Jason

Thanks for the heads-up Jason.

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Philae Lander - What Next? Jason Damisch <jasondamisch@yahoo.com> - 2014-11-24 09:02 -0800
  Re: Philae Lander - What Next? the_gavino_himself <visphatesjava@gmail.com> - 2014-11-24 19:37 -0800
    Re: Philae Lander - What Next? Jason Damisch <jasondamisch@yahoo.com> - 2014-11-25 09:39 -0800
      Re: Philae Lander - What Next? rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2014-11-25 14:55 -0500
  Re: Philae Lander - What Next? Paul E Bennett <Paul_E.Bennett@topmail.co.uk> - 2014-11-25 18:45 +0000
  Re: Philae Lander - What Next? visualforth@rocketmail.com - 2014-12-17 16:24 -0800
    Re: Philae Lander - What Next? Jason Damisch <jasondamisch@yahoo.com> - 2014-12-18 08:56 -0800
      Re: Philae Lander - What Next? Jason Damisch <jasondamisch@yahoo.com> - 2014-12-18 09:51 -0800

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