Okay so while the rest of us are just trying to find parking on South Congress, a company right up the road in Cedar Park is out here planning to launch drones to the actual moon. No big deal, right?
The Cedar Park-based outfit — which, yes, exists in the same 512 that brings you breakfast tacos and bumper-to-bumper on 183 — is gearing up for what they're calling a breakthrough mission to send unmanned aerial vehicles to the lunar surface. And look, when a company drops the word "breakthrough" in their own press release, you either roll your eyes or you lean in. In this case, we're leaning in.
Details are still coming out about exactly what these drones would do once they get up there, but the concept alone is wild enough to talk about over a pint at your local watering hole. Flying drones. On the moon. From Cedar Park, Texas.
This is exactly the kind of thing that reminds you why Austin's tech corridor keeps pulling serious talent and serious money. The Pflugerville-to-Round Rock stretch of the metro isn't just bedroom communities anymore — it's where people are apparently figuring out how to navigate extraterrestrial terrain with remote-controlled aircraft.
No launch date has been plastered all over the headlines just yet, but keep your eyes on this one. If everything goes according to plan, the next time someone asks what's popping in the Cedar Park area, the answer might just be "a rocket." Literally.