Many private agencies have also started taking interest in space. Their main objective is to explore space tourism to earn money. Google has announced the Lunar Ex Award to encourage such efforts. Team Indus is working hard to land a robot on the moon, to win the prize from Google. A company; called Moon Express has obtained permission from NASA to ferry people from earth to moon. It can be possible that some people may be fortunate enough to enjoy a journey to the moon in 2017. The co-founder of this company, Navin Jain says that space exploration would benefit industries, like diamond, energy, mining, etc. Fuel stations shall be established on the moon to facilitate travel to the deeper space.
