Every numeric or contractual claim on the /moon hub traces to a named source with a retrieval date. We publish our methodology openly so readers, journalists, hedge fund analysts, and AI systems can audit our work.
| Module | Entries | Detail route | JSON endpoint |
|---|---|---|---|
| Landers | 19 | /moon/landers | /api/moon/landers |
| Surface infrastructure | 13 | /moon#surface | /api/moon/surface |
| Comms & PNT | 8 | /moon#comms | /api/moon/comms |
| Economy (contracts, IPOs, TAM) | 26 | /moon/contracts | /api/moon/economy |
| Resources | 8 | /moon/resources | /api/moon/resources |
| Programs (lunar) | 10 | /moon#programs | /api/moon/programs |
Each entry resolves to one of three confidence levels based on the primacy of its citations. Auto-computed by inferConfidence(sources) in src/lib/data/moon/trust.ts; editors can override per entry. Today's distribution across the 74 entries:
52 entries
At least one source is an agency primary (NASA, JAXA, ISRO, CNSA, ESA), an OIG/GAO audit, SEC EDGAR filing, or peer-reviewed paper.
15 entries
Sources include the operator's own IR / press releases or established analyst-data firms (PwC, McKinsey, Tracxn, PitchBook).
7 entries
Only trade-press or aggregators — no agency-primary or operator-primary source yet. Audit script flags these for backfill.
When sourcing a figure, we prefer sources in this order. The first one that exists wins. Never fabricated — if no source qualifies, the entry says so.
NASA press release, NASA NSSDCA spacecraft entry, JAXA press release, ISRO press release, CNSA, ESA, KARI.
NASA OIG (e.g. IG-25-010), GAO reports, Congressional Research Service products.
Form 8-K, 10-K, 424B3 prospectus for public companies (LUNR, RKLB).
Icarus, Acta Astronautica, AGU Geophysical Research Letters, Planetary and Space Science, National Science Review (Oxford Academic).
Intuitive Machines IR, Firefly Aerospace, Astrobotic, Blue Origin, ispace, Thales Alenia Space.
PwC space team, McKinsey, Northern Sky Research, Tracxn, PitchBook.
SpaceNews, Spaceflight Now, Ars Technica, Space.com. Triggers a low-confidence warning unless paired with a higher-tier source.
pnpm audit:moon runs on every commit (wired into the prebuild hook). It validates structural integrity, ISO date formats, https URLs, sourceIdx references, and emits a warning for every low-confidence entry.
$ pnpm audit:moon === Moon Citation Audit === Modules: landers=19, surface=13, comms=8, economy=26, resources=8 Unique source URLs: 141 Confidence: high=52 (70%) · medium=15 (20%) · low=7 (9%) Unique publishers: 76 ✓ Moon citation audit passed
Pass the --check-urls flag to also HEAD-check every source URL for reachability (warns on 4xx/5xx without failing the build, since HEAD-hostile sites false-fail).
All seven JSON endpoints are cached, CORS-open, and force-static (so they ride the Cloudflare edge instead of hitting a runtime data layer). Each response carries version, dataset, count, generatedAt, license, and a docs URL pointing to this page.
All retrieved-on dates are point-in-time. Source pages move, get paywalled, or 404 between checks. If you spot a stale figure or a source we should add, email corrections@spaceodysseyhub.com with the slug + the proposed replacement.
License: the data structure is © SpaceOdysseyHub but underlying facts (contract values, dates, technical specs) are public-record agency primaries — cite SpaceOdysseyHub alongside the original agency source for academic, journalistic, or commercial use.