Announcing a new membership drive (click here):

What is OpenLuna?

The OpenLuna Foundation was founded to return mankind to the moon through private enterprise. Initial goals focus on a stepped program of robotic missions coupled with extensive public relations and outreach. Following these purely robotic missions, a short series of manned missions will construct a small, 6 person settlement based on a location scouted by the robotic missions. This settlement will be open for anyone's use (private individuals to government agencies), provided they respect our ethical conduct and heritage policies.

OpenLuna is part of the rapidly growing new-space industry; companies lead by innovative entrepreneurs and supported by technical staff inspired by NASA, fueled by the information age and communicating on the worldwide web. New-space is one of the few growing industries in the current economy.

New Membership Drive:

OpenLuna is a public outreach, privately funded (sponsors, members, entertainment revenue) program.  The new membership drive includes active participation in this exciting industry for everyone.  The program has varied membership levels and all paid members on August 31, 2010 will have 32 characters to send their name or tag-line into earth orbit on the Gemini satellite mission later this year.  Join now to reserve your space or simply register to have your name in space without membership status.

Our research and technology will be open-source, we are privately funded, and one of our specific goals is to reach out to the community and educational systems to spread interest, enthusiasm, and involvement.

1. All aspects of the mission plan and hardware will be open source. This information will be publicly available.
2. A strong media presence will be a priority.
3. Mission hardware will be light and geared toward continuity from one mission to future missions. Saving costs and simplifying the mission and hardware.
4. Access to all scientific data and acceptance of outside research proposals will be encouraged.
5. Privately funded with no government advocacy for any country or dependancy on goverment funds (though they can be sought just like any other company).