The government is funding a project to put a train on the moon
Out: the train to space. In: the inter-moon-base express.The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) tapped Northrop Grumman to develop a concept for a lunar railroad, the defense prime contractor announced this week. The contract was awarded under the LunA-10 initiative, which is exploring all sorts of out-there concepts to encourage the growth of a sustainable lunar economy in the next decade.The company will continue advancing the railroad concept it’s been working on in secret since securing the preliminary…