Sachin: Laterite is a social venture and our main mission is to increase access to certain advisory services in Africa that are not available locally and too costly too procure internationally.
It will also assemble an advisory board of high-profile executives, with the mission of gathering input on transportation needs and funding possibilities.
The agency's Space Science Advisory Committee (SSAC) has been poring over the detail of the revised mission concepts, hearing the last-chance advocacy from the competing teams on Monday.