{"title":"Astrobotic vs Lunar Outpost: Landers, rovers & surface transport compared","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/compare/astrobotic-vs-lunar-outpost","comparison":"Lunar Outpost ranks 53 on the Space 100 with a score of 73; Astrobotic ranks 73 with 68. Lunar Outpost is ahead on deployment, commercials, progress and leverage. Level on production, technology, positioning and firepower. Astrobotic is based in Pittsburgh, United States, Lunar Outpost in Golden, United States. Astrobotic: Private, founded 2007. Astrobotic is named in 67 signals and Lunar Outpost in 111.","companies":[{"name":"Astrobotic","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/astrobotic","city":"Pittsburgh","country":"United States","stage":"Private","founded":2007,"last_round":null,"positioning":"Astrobotic is a US lunar-logistics company (now a Voyager subsidiary after a July 2026 acquisition of up to $300M) with >$600M in cumulative NASA and DoD contracts, whose Peregrine-1 became America's first commercial lunar lander in space in January 2024 (a propellant anomaly prevented landing). It continues the Griffin lander plus lunar power infrastructure (LunaGrid) and rovers, and won two new CLPS task orders in June 2026 (Peregrine-2 and Peregrine-3 to the Gruithuisen Domes by end-2028), NASA's confidence restatement after the Peregrine-1 failure. Its IP is being consolidated into Voyager's Moon Base strategic initiative.","assessed_in":{"domain":"Space","list":"Space 100","rank":73,"score":68,"tier":"member","scores":{"gate_ne":["firepower"],"leverage":6,"position":6,"progress":9,"firepower":8,"commercial":7,"deployment":8,"production":4,"technology":6},"why":"Astrobotic builds and operates lunar landers, including Peregrine and Griffin-1, to deliver NASA and commercial payloads to the Moon.","segment":"Landers, rovers & surface transport","layer":"Planetary economy"},"signals_total":67,"facts_total":194},{"name":"Lunar Outpost","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/lunar-outpost","city":"Golden","country":"United States","stage":null,"founded":null,"last_round":null,"positioning":"Lunar Outpost is a US lunar-rover company whose Pegasus crewed LTV (manual, autonomous, or teleoperated, >14.5 km/h) is the second of two NASA crewed Lunar Terrain Vehicle selections (May 2026, ~$220M; team with General Motors, Goodyear, and Leidos), the redundant-capability procurement. Its MAPP rover flew on IM-2 in 2025 (reaching the surface aboard the lander's off-nominal landing). Revenue is estimated at 10-100m class (the LTV award recognized over performance).","assessed_in":{"domain":"Space","list":"Space 100","rank":53,"score":73,"tier":"member","scores":{"gate_ne":["firepower"],"leverage":8,"position":6,"progress":10,"firepower":8,"commercial":8,"deployment":9,"production":4,"technology":6},"why":"Lunar Outpost develops and delivers lunar rovers, including Pegasus, Eagle and MAPP, for NASA and commercial lunar missions.","segment":"Landers, rovers & surface transport","layer":"Planetary economy"},"signals_total":111,"facts_total":122}],"note":"Assessment by Frontier Tech Intelligence; facts and signals carry their sources."}