Odyssey Moon is a commercial lunar exploration company headquartered in the Isle of Man, founded in 2007 by Robert D. Richards. On 6 December 2007 it became the first team to register for the Google Lunar X Prize, a competition offering a 20 million dollar first prize plus additional bonuses to stimulate private lunar exploration. The company enlisted experienced space professionals including former NASA planetary scientist Alan Stern and former Kennedy Space Center director Jay F. Honeycutt, contracted the Canadian firm MacDonald Dettwiler to develop its MoonOne lunar lander, and partnered with the Planetary Society on public outreach.
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Agency Typecommercial lunar enterprise 1 Founded Year Headquarters In the Other Atlases
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Source Orbit Codex: Odyssey MoonBackgroundQuote, Background
The company established its headquarters on the Isle of Man.
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1. Odyssey Moon, Wikipedia
History section, company description sentence
Odyssey Moon Limited is based on the Isle of Man, and is the design of Robert D. Richards
Lead section, paragraph 1
On 6 December 2007, Odyssey Moon was the first team to register for the Google Lunar X Prize competition, an event that hopes to rekindle the efforts of humans to return to the Moon
History section, team description sentence
the commercial lunar enterprise that makes up this team
In Group: European Lunar and Deep-Space Companies, History section
Odyssey Moon Limited is based on the Isle of Man
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