A Colorado startup just raised $30 million on a quiet bet that astronauts wont actually be the ones building the moons first permanent base robots will get there first
News Source : Space Daily
News Summary
- Lunar Outpost, a Colorado-based robotics company, just convinced investors to back with a $30 million Series B.
- Funding is aimed at delivering a new lunar rover called Pegasus by the end of 2027, with a moon launch planned for 2028 alongside NASA’s Artemis 4 crewed mission.
- Pegasus joins a fleet that already includes the larger Eagle rover and a series of MAPP mini-rovers, four of which have flights in development.
- Lunar Outpost is framing itself less as a rover-builder and more as a construction contractor for the lunar surface.
The first permanent structures on the moon will almost certainly be built by robots, not astronauts.
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