***we've sent men to the moon and put a robot on Mars. Now, commercial space freight is becoming a reality thanks to DHL'S moon box delivery service. ***
On July 20,1969, Gomer US navy pilot Neil Armstrong put his left foot on the powdery surface of the moon and uttered the now immortal words:
that's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind
Nearly 50 years later, that one small step is still there with no atmospheric or volcanic activity to disturb it. Armstrong's foot print will remain on the moon for a very long time a permanent sign of humankind's pioneering spirit.
FROM HERE TO ETERNITY
So what better place to store your keepsakes than the surface of the moon? DHL are partnering with space lunch and robotics company astrobotic to offer it's customers a world first chance to send a small item you value highly to the moon. It could be your grandmother's engagement ring, a treasure family photo or your graduation certificate.
The moon box service will load your precious item on to astrobotics Peregrine moon lander space vehicle and deposit it on the lunar surface.
DHL moon box. How the pioneering DHL moon-box works.
SPACE AGE ENTTREPRENPURIASM
These young pretenders are making extraordinary progress Richard Branson has launched his own virgin galactic service not for shipping cargo to the international space station (ISS) or lunching satellite, but to give paying customers a test of space travel.
Much like virgin galactic, spaceX's founder, PayPal and Tesla mastermind Elon musk has his eye on bigger things. SpaceX is ambitiously planning to send two lucky (and presumable very wealthy) passengers around the moon in this year 2018, using it's own dragon cargo space craft.
DELIVERING THE FUTURE?
could international (and especially intercontinental) deliveries be faster if the travelled not by land, air or sea but through low earth orbit? Right now the of taking large amounts of cargo into low earth orbit, circling the globe and then depositing the cargo in the right place is prohibitive. That will help the numerous companies and nation states all hoping to be the first to recreate Aldrin's famous Gray powdery footprint, but this time in the dust of Mars. SpaceX, like NASA is on the road to the red planet. It's goal is a manned flight to Mars, with plans penciled in for the 2030s.
Yes, that's right were not just visiting Mars were aiming to make a home there, and dong that will take a supply chain that's truly out of this world.
**A timeline of stellar achievement we've come a long way since the satellite Sputnik 1 was lunched into space In. 1957, the first object to achieve earth orbit **
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