Moon Express Hires NASA-mentored FIRST Robotics Champions
- By Keith Cowing
- Posted September 9, 2011 8:04 PM
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Moon Express Hires NASA-mentored FIRST Robotics Champions to Develop Lunar Robots
"Moon Express, a Google Lunar X PRIZE contender, announced today that it has established the "Moon Express Robotics Lab for Innovation" (MERLIN) and has hired a team of the nations' brightest engineering students who became international superstars through the FIRST Robotics Competition. MERLIN will develop robotic technology supporting the company's lunar exploration missions under the leadership of Marco Chacin, a graduate of the International Space University who holds a PhD in Aerospace Engineering and developed robotic solutions for the JAXA/ISAS "Hayabusa" asteroid sample return missions."
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