Astrobotic Technology

Astrobotic Technology

Astrobotic Technology is a privately held seed-stage company formed by Carnegie Mellon professor Red Whittaker and his associates, with the goal of winning the Google Lunar X Prize. [citeweb|title=Astrobotic Technology and Raytheon Collaborate to Pursue Google Lunar X Prize|url=http://www.lunarexplorers.net/node/386|publisher=lunarexplorers.net|accessdate=2008-02-14] The team is ambitious; they hope to be the first to land their spacecraft "Red Rover" on the Moon, using the lander, named "Artemis Lander". [citeweb|title=Private race to the moon (and money) takes off|url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23278871/page/2/|publisher=msnbc.com|accessdate=2008-02-22] To accomplish this task, Astrobotic has formed strategic partnerships with Raytheon and The University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory. The company is based in Pittsburgh, PA.

Key people

*Red Whittaker, chairman and chief executive officer [citeweb|title=Astrobotic Mangement|url=http://www.astrobotictech.com/management.html|publisher=astrobotictech.com|accessdate=2008-03-22]

References

External links

* [http://www.astrobotictechnology.com/ Astrobotic website]
* [http://www.lunarrover.org Carnegie Mellon Lunar Rover]


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