European and Russian space agencies to team up for unmanned Moon mission
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[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-34504067[/url]
[quote]The European and Russian space agencies are to send a lander to an unexplored area at the Moon's south pole.
It will be one of a series of missions that prepares for the return of humans to the surface and a possible permanent settlement.
The spacecraft will assess whether there is water, and raw materials to make fuel and oxygen.
BBC News has obtained exclusive details of the mission, called Luna 27, which is set for launch in five years' time.
The mission is one of a series led by the Russian federal space agency, Roscosmos, to go back to the Moon.[/quote]
lets just hope the roscosmos got their rockets in order, the last couple probes theyve launched for other agencies haven't worked out so well
[editline]16th October 2015[/editline]
still 5 years from now seems like a long time for the small lander they're proposing
I watched The Martian and the idea that we might have a permanent based on the moon makes me all the more excited.
Russia is or, at least before the oil prices fell, was trying to get a man on the moon before China will.
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