OpenLuna

OpenLuna is a program for the exploration of the Moon, based on open source ideologies. It is run by the OpenLuna Foundation, which was founded to set foot on the moon through private enterprise since the Apollo program in the late 1960s through the 1970s. OpenLuna is part of the emerging new-space industry, which is one of the few growing industries in the current economy.

Initial plans call for a stepped program of robotic missions, which will be followed by a short series of manned missions before the construction of a small outpost which will be open for any purpose. Most of the work on the missions is being done on the wiki.

OpenLuna Gemini Mission 1

OpenLuna Gemini Mission 1 is an unmanned mission planned by OpenLuna with the cooperation of the PocketQub project with support from Professor Bob Twiggs at Morehead State University Space Science Center in Kentucky. Originally, it was planned as a cooperative mission between OpenLuna and Micro-Space of Denver, Colorado. However, with the recent passing of Richard Speck, Mission 1 was revised to an effort to preserve his work and vision of tiny satellites operating in space.