SpaceRef - Companies and Commerce - Planetary Exploration

Applied Space Resources - The Lunar Retriever spacecraft will land at Mare Nectaris and collect the first lunar samples for return to the Earth in over a quarter century. ASR will ensure mission profitability and promote awareness of the commercial potential of space by making part of the sample available to consumers and creating other mission-related commercial opportunities. [US]

SpaceDev - A public corporation which intends to engage in profitable, near-term commercial space exploration, and the long-term development of space. SpaceDev intends to acquire capabilities including mission design, spacecraft and satellite design, the design and sale of complete systems and subsystems, spacecraft and satellite assembly and testing, launch vehicle integration, ground station implementation and mission control. Currently planning NEAP - the Near Earth Asteroid Prospector Mission. [US].