Before Generation X makes its mark on Earth, it will make its presence felt on the Moon. Entrepreneurs at LunaCorp (Arlington, VA), NASA-funded scientists, and researchers at the Robotics Institute at Carnegie-Mellon University (Pittsburgh) are working toward a 1999 return to Tranquillity Base. The mission will require landing two rovers packed with sensors at the Apollo 11 landing site where Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin first walked on the moon. Significantly, the rovers will be operated only some of the time by scientists; the most important operators will be customers, you and me, at the Lunar Expedition Pavilion of a major entertainment theme park. 

Before Generation X makes its mark on Earth, it will make its presence felt on the Moon. Entrepreneurs at LunaCorp (Arlington, VA), NASA-funded scientists, and researchers at the Robotics Institute at Carnegie-Mellon University (Pittsburgh) are working toward a 1999 return to Tranquillity Base. The mission will require landing two rovers packed with sensors at the Apollo 11 landing site where Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin first walked on the moon. Significantly, the rovers will be operated only some of the time by scientists; the most important operators will be customers, you and me, at the Lunar Expedition Pavilion of a major entertainment theme park.