{"title":"Astrolab vs Lunar Outpost: Landers, rovers & surface transport compared","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/compare/astrolab-vs-lunar-outpost","comparison":"Lunar Outpost ranks 53 on the Space 100 with a score of 73; Astrolab ranks 71 with 68. Lunar Outpost is ahead on deployment, commercials and leverage. Level on production, progress, technology, positioning and firepower. Astrolab is based in Hawthorne, United States, Lunar Outpost in Golden, United States. Astrolab is named in 45 signals and Lunar Outpost in 111.","companies":[{"name":"Astrolab","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/astrolab","city":"Hawthorne","country":"United States","stage":null,"founded":null,"last_round":null,"positioning":"Astrolab is a US lunar-rover company (Hawthorne, founded 2020) whose FLEX rover architecture and FLIP precursor went from startup to Artemis-critical when NASA selected its CLV-1 as one of two crewed Lunar Terrain Vehicles (May 2026, ~$220M; team with Axiom Space and Interlune, delivered by Blue Moon Mk1, deployment target 2028). Its FLIP precursor passed thermal-vac and integrated testing but its launch was delayed. Revenue is estimated at 10-100m class (the CLV award recognized over performance).","assessed_in":{"domain":"Space","list":"Space 100","rank":71,"score":68,"tier":"member","scores":{"gate_ne":["firepower"],"leverage":6,"position":6,"progress":10,"firepower":8,"commercial":6,"deployment":8,"production":4,"technology":6},"why":"Astrolab develops lunar rovers, including FLEX and FLIP, for cargo, payload delivery and crew support on the Moon, including for NASA's Lunar Terrain Vehicle missions.","segment":"Landers, rovers & surface transport","layer":"Planetary economy"},"signals_total":45,"facts_total":47},{"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."}