Project M (NASA)

Project M was a proposed NASA project to send a Robonaut to the Moon.^[1] This was originally hoped to be achieved in just a thousand days from the official announcement, but was later shifted into Project Morpheus.^[2]

^ "At NASA, a Quiet Quest to Send a Humanoid Robot to the Moon". New York Times. November 1, 2010. Retrieved 2010-11-01. The idea, known as Project M, is almost a guerrilla effort within NASA, cooked up a year ago by Stephen J. Altemus, the chief engineer at Johnson. He tapped into discretionary money, pulled in engineers to work on it part time, and horse-traded with companies and other NASA units to undertake preliminary planning and tests.
^ Boyle, Alan (2011-07-01). "Inside NASA's 'Skunk Works' lab". MSNBC. Archived from the original on 2011-07-04. Retrieved 16 July 2011. Project Morpheus started out as "Project M," a concept that called for landing a humanoid robot on the moon in 1,000 days. Then reality set in, and the project was redefined.

[m-1] "At NASA, a Quiet Quest to Send a Humanoid Robot to the Moon". New York Times. November 1, 2010. Retrieved 2010-11-01. The idea, known as Project M, is almost a guerrilla effort within NASA, cooked up a year ago by Stephen J. Altemus, the chief engineer at Johnson. He tapped into discretionary money, pulled in engineers to work on it part time, and horse-traded with companies and other NASA units to undertake preliminary planning and tests.

[2] Boyle, Alan (2011-07-01). "Inside NASA's 'Skunk Works' lab". MSNBC. Archived from the original on 2011-07-04. Retrieved 16 July 2011. Project Morpheus started out as "Project M," a concept that called for landing a humanoid robot on the moon in 1,000 days. Then reality set in, and the project was redefined.

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