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Yes, a better question would be "What does Astroboic, Blue Origin, Firefly Aerospace, Ceres Robotics, Draper, Masten, Sierra Navada, Northrup Grumman, Lockheed
by jvanderbot 6y ago
Yes, a better question would be "What does Astroboic, Blue Origin, Firefly Aerospace, Ceres Robotics, Draper, Masten, Sierra Navada, Northrup Grumman, Lockheed Martin use"? Those providers will be on / near the moon shortly. So will SpaceX, but for rover, lander, station, orbiters, you'll get a better answer. (Longer duration, more strict payload budgets, extreme thermal concerns).
You can start poking around here: https://www.nasa.gov/content/commercial-lunar-payload-services https://www.nasa.gov/content/commercial-lunar-payload-servic...
There's actually quite a few options in the "next gen" space, as many observed the need for updated compute. The one I've been closest to is HPSC: https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/game_changing_development/projects/HPSC/ https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/game_changing_de...