Moon Science! NASA Needs Experiment Ideas for Commercial Lunar Landers

Space.com ^ | October 18, 2018 01:46pm ET | Meghan Bartels,

[BenLurkin]

I have yet another dumb question: Is it really possible to design and build a lunar lander, and have it reviewed and accepted by NASA in the time allowed?

[Grimmy]

Dark side of the moon would be a nifty place for a telescope.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Bigger question, do they have the authority to tell someone else they can’t risk their life?

[KarlInOhio]

There is no permanent dark side of the moon. There is a near side we can see and a far side we can’t, but any point gets two weeks of sun and two weeks of darkness.

[Nateman]

Try and grow a few crops on the moon. All the things needed for that will make for some interesting problems to solve.

[dhs12345]

Cheese?

[catnipman]

how about a green cheese detector?

[be-baw]

“do they have the authority to tell someone else they can’t risk their life?”

Interesting question. Why wouldn’t they have that authority?.

Would they hire civilians or military, or some combination of both? It will be interesting to see how it all unfolds. I’m kind of excited about the prospects.

[dhs12345]

“There is no dark side
of the moon really.
Matter of fact
it’s all dark.”

Pink Floyd.

[mad_as_he$$]

Obviously you are incorrect. The Moon is flat and only has two sides. One is always dark. /s

[Samurai_Jack]

Of course there is no ‘dark side’ of the moon.

It’s all dark!

[Samurai_Jack]

haha... beat me to it.

[Blood of Tyrants]

If they have no monetary interest, they would have no say.

[Empireoftheatom48]

It really doesn’t have any advantage two weeks of sunlight for each side and out of radio contact with the Earth always, unless they have a geo lunar satellite deployed to relay coms.

[Fai Mao]

USe an off the shelf electric propulsion system for an electric car. Better just buy a Tesla and give it monster tires

[reg45]

Especially a radio telescope, with the moon blocking Earth sourced radio signals.

[fieldmarshaldj]

*ping*

[dhs12345]

Cut and paste. :)

[a fool in paradise]

Moose limbs can out reach that far?

[Empireoftheatom48]

Now a radio telescope would be a good thing.