Quote from: oldAtlas_Eguy on 11/11/2016 07:29 pmThe Lunar village may have a another member/advocate (Trump administration).Reading that makes we wanna puke. Rather go it alone.
The Lunar village may have a another member/advocate (Trump administration).
Hey - we've gotta get to that there Luna; he'll be gone in a few years, but mankind needs to be on the Moon more or less permanently...
Quote from: MATTBLAK on 11/13/2016 02:30 amHey - we've gotta get to that there Luna; he'll be gone in a few years, but mankind needs to be on the Moon more or less permanently...Why?
Opening of Lunar analogue facilityA new facility for tests and to familiarise astronauts with a Moon-like environment will be opened.Location: EAC, Cologne (Germany)Date: second half 2017
http://www.esa.int/For_Media/Press_Releases/ESA_activities_in_2017_of_interest_to_mediaQuoteOpening of Lunar analogue facilityA new facility for tests and to familiarise astronauts with a Moon-like environment will be opened.Location: EAC, Cologne (Germany)Date: second half 2017
Quote from: woods170 on 11/13/2016 03:26 pmQuote from: MATTBLAK on 11/13/2016 02:30 amHey - we've gotta get to that there Luna; he'll be gone in a few years, but mankind needs to be on the Moon more or less permanently...Why?"If God had meant us to go into Space; he would have given us a Moon".
"I would like to remind you that having ISS built from several countries' components is one of the reasons it was built so much behind schedule."I would like to remind you that having ISS built from several countries' components is one of the reasons it was built at all.
Lunar Pathfinder animation;
Its a good first step back to moon. If cubesats it delivers can also act as comms relays then they could cover a large part of moon in one mission. Makes things a simpler for landers and rovers.