Investors fly to moon as space race goes private

[JCMach1]

Source: The National

A private-sector bid to explore the moon is looking for UAE investors, its chairman said yesterday while outlining a vision to extend Earth’s economic sphere of influence to its largest satellite.

Odyssey Moon is one of a number of ventures competing to win the US$20 million (Dh73.4m) Lunar X prize, which has been offered to the first private company to land a robotic rover on the moon, explore lunar territory and beam its findings back to Earth.

“The first era of aviation took us to 40km into the atmosphere and the era of satellite communications has taken us to 40,000,” said Ramin Khadem, the chairman of Odyssey Moon. “My view, a lot of people’s view, is that we are now going to get to 400,000km, to lunar orbit and beyond.”...


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Looks like Dubai is going to get back to the moon before the U.S.

Seems to me there is something just a little wrong with that picture vis a vis Obama's NASA policies. :(

[Rapier09]

1. Dubai

Because building crappy islands just doesn't say how much they rock.

[JCMach1]

2. Dude, just relax and focus on the levitating monster truck!

You know you want to!

Seriously, took this in Dubai yesterday!