| JEMC said: From Rocket Lab website Electron is a two stage vehicle that uses Rocket Lab’s Rutherford liquid engine on both stages. The first Electron launch is planned for 2015, with commercial operations scheduled to begin in 2016. At a cost of $4.9M Electron is the most affordable dedicated launch service for small satellites to Low Earth Orbit. If the first launch is planned for 2015 (we're already in October, shouldn't they have done that already?), I doubt they'll be able start their operations in 2016, at least if they want them to succeed. And the rockets are made to launch 150Kg satellites to low Orbit, which is far, far away from the Moon. |
The end game for them is to look for rare materials on the lunar surface:
MoonEx aims to scour moon for rare materials
The Silicon Valley start-up is building machines with NASA scientists that are designed to search the lunar surface for precious metals and scarce metallic elements.
http://articles.latimes.com/2011/apr/08/business/la-fi-moon-venture-20110408
Nintendo is selling their IPs to Microsoft and this is true because:
http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=221391&page=1
