Nokia's contract to build a lunar cellular network part is just one of many that NASA has selected.
Fourteen privately held companies are now partnering with NASA in the effort to put Americans on the moon again by 2024. The total dollar sum divided between the companies is $370 million.
America's presence in space will be sustainably long-term. Rockets and other space craft will need the ability to re-fuel in orbit, thus more than two-thirds of the money relates to management of cryogenic fluids like liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen.
For example, SpaceX will get $53 million for an in-space demonstration transferring 11 tons of liquid oxygen between tanks on one of its starships.
For other companies awarded contracts, see NASA.
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