...is that they have the funds to launch the spacecraft
to the moon, orbit it, and download and store the imagery-for-sale.
Yes! Smart-1 is already on it's way. but it's camera isn't going
to get nearly as good the resolution as Trailblazer's camera will.
In fact, IF ALL GOES WELL, Trailblazer will return close-up images
of the moon's surface far superior to the 1960's NASA Lunar Orbiters
[meant to support Project Apollo], and even better than Clementine's
imagery.
Sp it stands to reason if NASA is smart [no pun intended], they
should purchase Trailblazer's images on the free-market to support
Bush's big space plan.
Jacob
"...we endeavor to go to the moon, and do those OTHER THINGS,
not because they are easy, but because they are hard."
JOhn F. Kennedy.
Space/Science » in reply to But will TransOrbital still get to raise the funds now that Europe's already on the way to the Moon?
The best info I have on the Transorbital's financial state is...
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