NASA wants to buy Moon resources mined by private firms

NASA is looking for private companies from around the world that can grab lunar dirt and rocks, setting off the process of creating a new marketplace for space resources.

Outlining its goal, the US space agency has said that it aims to complete the retrieval and transfer of ownership of the resources before 2024.

NASA has set the goal of landing the first American woman and next man on the Moon by 2024.

And it is not just one company that the US space agency is looking to purchase lunar resources from.

“The solicitation creates a full and open competition, not limited to US companies, and the agency may make one or more awards,” NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine wrote in a blog post on Thursday.

As per the requirements outlined by NASA, a company will collect a small amount of Moon “dirt” or rocks from any location on the lunar surface, provide imagery to the agency of the collection and the collected material, along with data that identifies the collection location.

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