Moon Express said Dec. 20 that it had reached a teaming agreement with Huntsville, Ala.-based Dynetics for the acquisition of the Rocket City Space Pioneers Google Lunar X Prize team.The agreement allows for Rocket City Space Pioneers' team leader, Tim Pickens, to transition to the role of chief propulsion engineer for Moon Express. Pickens resigned as Dynetics' chief propulsion engineer and commercial space adviser in mid-2012, ending a relationship that began when he sold his company, Orion Propulsion, to Dynetics in 2009.
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机译：Moon Express在12月20日表示，已与总部位于阿拉巴马州汉斯维尔的Dynetics达成了一项合作协议，以收购Rocket City Space Pioneers的Google Lunar X Prize团队。该协议允许Rocket City Space Pioneers的团队负责人Tim Pickens ，转为Moon Express的首席推进工程师。皮肯斯于2012年年中辞去了Dynetics的首席推进工程师和商业太空顾问的职务，结束了一段关系，这一关系始于他于2009年将其公司Orion Propulsion出售给Dynetics时。
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