As NASA prepares to send humans back to the Moon, we will send science and technology instruments ahead of time to lay the foundation for a sustainable human presence. Through NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services, or CLPS initiative, we are enabling American companies to send our science experiments and technologies to the lunar surface for us. This unique commercial delivery service is poised to change the way we work and perform science at the Moon, greatly expanding our capabilities for exploration. Learn more about this innovative approach: https://www.nasa.gov/commercial-lunar-payload-services/
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00:00 Our moon. It seems so close in the night sky, but getting there is really hard.
00:08 But what if there was a way to change that? Only a few nations have successfully landed on the moon.
00:15 As NASA sends astronauts back to the lunar surface, this time to stay,
00:21 we will need to send science and technology instruments ahead of time to lay the foundation for human exploration.
00:29 To make this happen, NASA is helping establish a commercial lunar economy.
00:34 For the first time ever, there will be commercial delivery services to the moon.
00:40 We are enabling American companies to send our payloads to the lunar surface for us.
00:45 These delivery services will expand our capabilities for exploration, radically increasing the amount of science we can achieve.
00:53 This high-risk, high-reward initiative will invest in and leverage the entrepreneurial spirit of American innovation
01:01 to launch a commercial lunar marketplace, advancing technology and exploration for all of us.
01:08 With this never-before-seen streamlined access to the moon,
01:12 we will be able to make novel measurements and develop technologies that scientists have long wanted to do on the lunar surface.
01:20 And as this new industry matures, this commercial delivery service for NASA and other customers
01:27 could expand beyond the moon to other destinations in our solar system.
01:32 And we can learn to live on another world, because we are explorers.
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