Lunar Commercial Communications Now and in the Future
Astrobotic Griffin-1 Moon lander, NET late 2025, will carry a Stamper Technology NanoFiche device with movie Miracle on 34th Street, Long Now world language translator and portions of Lunar Codex, et al.; aiming for a multimillion-year archive of human achievement, the device is made to survive thermal, mechanical and radiation extremes; Intuitive Machines (IM) and Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT) are using NASA awards from a US$4.82B fund to build lunar communications commercial services, IM working with York Space Systems to build relay satellites, and KSAT with CPI Vertex Antennentechnik to build 20-meter Earth antennas expected to be operational late this year