This represents a significant stride forward in lunar exploration. As a prominent player in space exploration, infrastructure, and services, Intuitive Machines has unveiled its groundbreaking Lunar Production and Operations Center located at the Houston Spaceport.
Because the Moon is airless and has much lower gravity than Earth, sprays of ejecta particles can be blasted at high speeds right up to orbital altitudes.
We watched them attach the final major piece, the propulsion system. trying to maximize the capacity and performance. reporter: its first mission will carry 21 payloads to the lunar surface. right now nasa is the primary customer. over time we see commercial coming online in a bigger way. reporter: peregrine can carry 100 pounds of cargo. griffin, its second lander, much bigger can carry ten times that delivering this water hunting nasa rover, but, remember, space is unforgiving. thornton tells his customer, delivery is absolutely positively not guaranteed. all we can promise our customers is we are putting everything we possibly can into these missions to make them as safe and successful as they can be. reporter: nasa plans to spend $2.6 billion over the next decade buying delivery services. in all, 14 different american companies are building lunar landers. right now we have routine regular access to the skies.
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