Tibarn Posted December 3, 2016 Posted December 3, 2016 Quote An Indian aerospace startup has said that it will launch its mission to the moon in a year’s time, as it takes part in a Google-funded competition to become the world’s first-ever privately held company to make a soft landing there. A group of more than 100 scientists and engineers, including around a dozen former ISRO scientists, make up Axiom Research Labs’ Team Indus. The team is India’s only entry in the Google-funded Lunar XPrize challenge, which has a bounty of $30 million. ... The race is on. Sixteen other teams from across the world want to make the 238,900-mile trip, and Team Indus is the fourth team to announce its launch plans, said Mr. Narayan. “We are considering the team from Israel great competition at this point,” he said. The Indian team’s plan is the country’s first shot at becoming the fourth nation to land gently on the lunar surface and unfurl its national flag, after the U.S., Russia and China. http://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2016/12/02/indian-startup-plans-to-land-on-the-moon-in-january-2018/ They may be getting help from ISRO on the project apparently. Another team to cheer for sandeep 1
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