Taiwan to make lunar lander for NASA mission

TAIPEI: Taiwan is building a $47 million lunar lander as part of the first ever moon-mining project, officials said on Monday. The lander, to be made by the island’s

TAIPEI: Taiwan is building a $47 million lunar lander as part of the first ever moon-mining project, officials said on Monday. The lander, to be made by the island’s Chungshan Institute of Science and Technology, will carry a rover and touch down on the moon’s surface after a three-day journey from Earth. US space agency NASA is leading the project, which is called Resource Prospector and aims to be the first mining expedition on another world. The rover is designed to excavate hydrogen, oxygen and water from the moon, NASA says on its website.

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