Astrobotic, a spin-out of Carnegie Mellon University, has launched an interplanetary mail delivery service to fuel efforts to win the Google Lunar XPrize.
Called MoonMail, the Pittsburgh-based company will take mementos to the moon from members of the public. Prices will begin at $460, and the company is billing it as an opportunity for people to commemorate life events by placing a permanent reminder on the moon. Along with the keepsakes, Astrobotic also plans to send up a moon rover…
The University of Kentucky has formed an industry-university partnership to advance aspects such as sustainable agriculture in the whiskey distilling industry.
The £40m recently allocated by the UK government to proving university research is commercially viable shouldn't just benefit Oxford, Cambridge and London say sector pundits.
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