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First Commercial Moon Mission Approved

Posted by Hemos on from the fly-me-to-the-moon dept.

dorantrist writes "A Discovery Channel article that The U.S. Government has just licensed the first commercial mission to the moon to TransOrbital, Inc.. Part of the mission is "to VERIFY Apollo and other landing sites" because there are still a few people out there who believe the Apollo program was a hoax. --Maybe they can also pickup the golf balls left by Alan Shepard?"

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  1. Why does this company have to get US permission? by mcwop · · Score: 2, Redundant

    Why does this company need to get approval of the US Gov?

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