China News Agency, Houston, September 10-NASA Director Jim Bridenstine said on the 10th that NASA plans to purchase lunar surface materials from private companies.
"Washington Post" news, Bridenstine said on social media Twitter that day that NASA is buying 50 to 500 grams of lunar surface materials for private companies around the world, with a transaction budget of approximately US$15,000 to US$25,000.
These materials include the weathered layer anywhere on the moon's surface, including rocks, soil, and dust.
NASA plans to buy raw materials from private companies on the moon and bring them back to Earth.
NASA will not pay companies to reach the moon.
On September 5, local time, in Cali, Colombia, the moon and Mars are in the same frame.
Bridenstine said that the main goal of the plan is to prepare for the return to the moon and landing on Mars, which will be completed before 2024.
According to the Washington Post, NASA is trying to send two astronauts to the south pole of the moon by 2024, and hopes to dig out the water ice there to study whether it can be used as drinking water or broken down into rocket fuel.
Currently, NASA has cooperated with Astrobotic, SpaceX, Blue Origin, Sierra Nevada Corp, Lockheed Martin, etc. Cooperation to deliver scientific experiment equipment and cargo to the moon.
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