The United States is one of several countries planning robotic missions to the Moon in the next several years. Jeff Foust reviews these various national efforts and the prospects for international cooperation in lunar exploration.
CHICAGO, Oct. 17, 2005 – The Boeing Company (NYSE: BA), in partnership with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the Office of Naval Research (ONR), successfully demonstrated boost phase performance of a hypersonic strike demonstrator vehicle called HyFly on Aug. 26.