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美国国家航空航天局(NASA)宣布,将选择太空机器人技术公司、麦士登太空系统公司和月球快递公司等3家美国企业承担将有效载荷送至月球表面的“先进着陆器”任务。NASA打算通过商业运作方式获得在月球表面着陆的能力,从而为月球采样返回、部署地球物理网、月球资源勘探等科学活动提供支持。NASA先进系统探索部主管称,NASA将在3年内为着陆器的研发测试提供专业技术、试验设施、设备租借和软件支持。
NASA announced that it will select three U.S. companies, including Space Robotics, Microstech Space Systems and Moon Express, to undertake the Advanced Lander mission of sending payloads to the moon’s surface. NASA intends to gain the ability to land on the surface of the moon through commercial operations to support scientific activities such as lunar sampling returns, deploying geophysical networks and lunar resources exploration. NASA Advanced Systems Explorer said NASA will provide expertise, test facilities, equipment rentals and software support for lander R & D testing within three years.