OpenLuna Foundation
From SpaceWiki
The OpenLuna Foundation was founded to return mankind to the moon through private enterprise. Initial goals focus on a stepped program of robotic missions coupled with extensive public relations and outreach. Following these purely robotic missions, a short series of manned missions will construct a small, 6 person settlement based on a location scouted by the robotic missions. This settlement will be open for anyone's use (private individuals to government agencies), provided they respect our ethical conduct and heritage policies.
The Foundation paints itself as a member of the NewSpace industry, as it seeks to build connections through the use of new technologies of the information age and communication via the internet.
The foundation has the goal of creating research and technology that will be open-source. The organization is privately funded, and has the stated goal to reach out to the community and educational systems to spread interest, enthusiasm, and involvement.
- All aspects of the mission plan and hardware will be open source. This information will be publicly available.
- A strong media presence will be a priority.
- Mission hardware will be light and geared toward continuity from one mission to future missions. Saving costs and simplifying the mission and hardware.
- Access to all scientific data and acceptance of outside research proposals will be encouraged.
- Privately funded with no government advocacy for any country or dependency on government funds (though they can be sought just like any other company).
