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UK based Lunar Mission One launched a Kickstarter campaign on November 18, 2014. Their goal is to send an unmanned robotic landing module to the South Pole of the Moon in 2024. This is a previously unexplored region of the Moon, where the group plans to use technology built by leading companies to drill deep below the Moon’s surface – between 20 and 100 meters.

The samples of lunar rock taken during this mission could date back to 4.5 billion years and contain important clues about the relationship between the Earth and the Moon. Exploring the Moon’s South Pole is also an important step in further establishing the possibility of a permanent human base on the Moon. So far the Kickstarter project has raised over £375k of their £600k goal with 20 days left to go.

David Iron, founder of Lunar Mission Ltd., has said:

“It is increasingly difficult to fund space science and exploration of the kind aimed at developing understanding and knowledge … We are introducing a new form of funding, and if it works we’ll have a legacy that shows it’s possible to fund these missions very differently.”

Check out the full post on CrowdfundingPR!
http://www.crowdfundingpr.org/lunar-mis ... t-10-days/