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Re:US Set to Approve Private Moon Mission by Animats on Sunday June 05, 2016 @11:05PM (#11844403)
A one-way robotic mission to the moon is reasonable enough.

It's been 50 years since the first one. The USSR's Luna I landed on the moon on February 3, 1966. The US's Surveyor I landed on the moon on June 2, 1966.

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Re:US Set to Approve Private Moon Mission by ColinWright on Monday June 06, 2016 @05:46AM (#11845569)
There was one in 2013: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yutu_%28rover%29
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Re:US Set to Approve Private Moon Mission by distances on Monday June 06, 2016 @08:10AM (#11846154)
I wasn't aware of this, somehow totally flew beneath my radar.
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Re:US Set to Approve Private Moon Mission by snowwrestler on Monday June 06, 2016 @09:19AM (#11846532)
Also in 2013, NASA's LADEE mission orbited the moon for a few months to study the lunar atmosphere. When that mission was over they crashed it into the far side.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_Atmosphere_and_Dust_En...

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