<s>
Planetary	B-Application
Transportation	I-Application
Systems	I-Application
(	O
PTS	O
)	O
,	O
formerly	O
known	O
as	O
PTScientists	B-Application
and	O
Part-Time	B-Application
Scientists	I-Application
,	O
is	O
a	O
Berlin-based	O
aerospace	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
became	O
the	O
first	O
German	O
team	O
to	O
officially	O
enter	O
the	O
Google	B-Application
Lunar	I-Application
X-Prize	I-Application
competition	O
on	O
June	O
24	O
,	O
2009	O
,	O
but	O
failed	O
to	O
reach	O
the	O
finals	O
in	O
2017	O
for	O
lack	O
of	O
a	O
launch	O
contract	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PTScientists	B-Application
GmbH	O
is	O
the	O
company	O
representing	O
the	O
team	O
competing	O
at	O
the	O
Google	B-Application
Lunar	I-Application
X-Prize	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
April	O
2018	O
,	O
the	O
European	O
Space	O
Agency	O
was	O
studying	O
six	O
private	O
companies	O
,	O
including	O
PTScientists	B-Application
,	O
to	O
work	O
on	O
potential	O
ISRU	O
payload	O
delivery	O
to	O
the	O
Moon	O
surface	O
by	O
2025	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
additional	O
source	O
of	O
income	O
are	O
merchandising	B-Device
products	O
for	O
the	O
Moon	O
mission	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PTScientists	B-Application
lists	O
several	O
partners	O
and	O
sponsors	O
in	O
their	O
web	O
site	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PTScientists	B-Application
team	O
formed	O
in	O
June	O
2009	O
as	O
"	O
Part-Time	B-Application
Scientists	I-Application
"	O
,	O
when	O
ten	O
teams	O
had	O
already	O
entered	O
Google	B-Application
Lunar	I-Application
X-Prize	I-Application
(	O
GLXP	B-Application
)	O
,	O
which	O
had	O
started	O
in	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
the	O
company	O
PTScientists	B-Application
GmbH	O
(	O
Limited	O
)	O
was	O
founded	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
August	O
22	O
–	O
23	O
,	O
2009	O
,	O
the	O
PTScientists	B-Application
presented	O
their	O
project	O
at	O
the	O
Open	O
Doors	O
Day	O
of	O
the	O
Federal	O
Ministry	O
for	O
Education	O
and	O
Research	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Early	O
2015	O
the	O
team	O
won	O
awards	O
in	O
the	O
categories	O
Mobility	O
and	O
Vision	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
total	O
of	O
$	O
750,000	O
in	O
the	O
Milestone	O
Prizes	O
of	O
GLXP	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
late	O
2016	O
,	O
PTScientists	B-Application
had	O
secured	O
agreements	O
to	O
deliver	O
payloads	O
from	O
the	O
U.S.	O
,	O
Canada	O
and	O
Sweden	O
,	O
but	O
only	O
one	O
payload	O
(	O
from	O
NASA	O
Ames	O
)	O
has	O
been	O
disclosed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PTScientists	B-Application
have	O
pledged	O
to	O
preserve	O
this	O
and	O
all	O
other	O
NASA	O
and	O
Soviet	O
lunar	O
landers	O
and	O
rovers	O
as	O
"	O
world	O
heritage	O
"	O
and	O
through	O
their	O
support	O
for	O
For	O
All	O
Moonkind	O
Inc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PTScientists	B-Application
were	O
awarded	O
a	O
subcontract	O
and	O
are	O
responsible	O
for	O
the	O
payload	O
delivery	O
portion	O
of	O
the	O
study	O
.	O
</s>
