Aero-New Net: ESA Goal Is Manned Lunar Mission - Looking At The 'Volatile' Side Of The Moon
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Jun 6, 2011, 10:04:30 AM6/6/11
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ESA Goal Is Manned Lunar Mission
Four decades after the first Moon landing, our only natural satellite
remains a fascinating enigma. Specialists from Europe and the US have
been looking at ESA's proposed Lunar Lander mission to find out how to
seek water and other volatile resources. Europe is developing the
technology for the Lunar Lander mission, a precursor voyage to the
Moon in preparation for human exploration beyond low Earth orbit.
"Our ambition is to see one day a European astronaut working on the
Moon," says ESA's Bruno Gardini. Expected to be launched in 2018, the
unmanned craft will land near the lunar South Pole. "It is the mission
that will provide Europe with the planetary landing technology of the
future."
See the rest of the article here: tinyurl.com/4yu4ofw
Four decades after the first Moon landing, our only natural satellite
remains a fascinating enigma. Specialists from Europe and the US have
been looking at ESA's proposed Lunar Lander mission to find out how to
seek water and other volatile resources. Europe is developing the
technology for the Lunar Lander mission, a precursor voyage to the
Moon in preparation for human exploration beyond low Earth orbit.
"Our ambition is to see one day a European astronaut working on the
Moon," says ESA's Bruno Gardini. Expected to be launched in 2018, the
unmanned craft will land near the lunar South Pole. "It is the mission
that will provide Europe with the planetary landing technology of the
future."
See the rest of the article here: tinyurl.com/4yu4ofw
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