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Telescope To Be Planted On Moon in 2015
Published May 30, 2013 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: Bob Richards, Canada, Google Lunar X prize, ILO-X, International Lunar Observatory, lunar, moon, Moon Express Inc, science, space exploration, telescope
A telescope that is set to launch to the moon in 2015 will allow the public to go on the Internet and view the Earth from the lunar surface. The privately funded telescope, known as the International Lunar Observatory precursor (ILO-X), was designed and built by Silicon Valley-based Moon Express Inc. “It’s citizen science on the moon and it’s really a new model of public participation,” Moon Express CEO Bob Richards told The Canadian Press on Tuesday. “This will be a small, but very high-performance telescope on the moon that the public and scientists or professionals and amateurs alike will have access to over the internet.”