Pittsburgh's moonshot
Astrobotic is a robotics company based in Pittsburgh that is awaiting the launch of its first lunar lander. The company's CEO, John Thornton, discusses the company's history and the future of space exploration.
Astrobotic Technology Inc., according to many reports and in numerous occasions, was doomed to failure.
Launched as a Carnegie Mellon University spinout in 2007 to compete for Google's Lunar X Prize, the aerospace company faced out-of-this-world-sized challenges from day one.