Cidersomerset
16th October 2015, 17:40
In the midst of a global political & media demonization of Putin's Russia over the
last few years . The space programme has been going on in the background, with
various articles and ' semi' disclosures about 1000's of exo planets , water on Mars
and all over the galaxy. So while all the bombs are dropping on Syria, and other
hot spots are flaring up or simmering. The 'global theatre' continues....
Then I just saw this article about Russia and Europe teaming up for a moon trip
and possibly establishing a base as if nothing is happening ...LOL
http://ichef-1.bbci.co.uk/news/560/cpsprodpb/3F71/production/_86114261_lunar_base_made_with_3d_printing_large.jpg
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Europe and Russia mission to assess Moon settlement
By Pallab Ghosh
Science correspondent, BBC News
56 minutes ago......From the section Science & Environment
Lunar Lander
http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/660/cpsprodpb/155DC/production/_86161578_4a9f212f-d249-428f-8ac5-dbf07cb4d65b.jpg
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.
vkHLiWDxvuU
In this European Space Agency video Dr James Carpenter describes the landing site
These ventures will continue where the exploration programme that was halted by the
Soviet Union in the mid 1970s left off, according to Prof Igor Mitrofanov, of the Space
Research Institute in Moscow, who is one of the lead scientists. We have an ambition to
have European astronauts on the MoonBérengère Houdou, Esa, head of the lunar
exploration group
"We have to go to the Moon. The 21st Century will be the century when it will be the
permanent outpost of human civilisation, and our country has to participate in this
process," he told BBC News.But unlike efforts in the 1960s and 70s, when the Soviet
Union was working in competition with the US and other nations, he added, "we have to
work together with our international colleagues".
Bérengère Houdou, who is the head of the lunar exploration group of at Esa's European
Space Research and Technology Centre (Estec), just outside Amsterdam, has a similar
strategy."We have an ambition to have European astronauts on the Moon. There are
currently discussions at international level going on for broad cooperation on how to go
back to the Moon."
http://ichef-1.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/17CB7/production/_86136479_lunar_base_labelled_624.png
The European Space Agency's vision for a Moon base
One of the first acts of the new head of the European Space Agency, Johann-Dietrich
Wörner, was to state that he wants international partners to build a base on the Moon's
far side.The initial missions will be robotic. Luna 27 will land on the edge of the South
Pole Aitken (SPA) basin. The south polar region has areas which are always dark. These
are some of the coldest places in the Solar System. As such, they are icy prisons for
water and other chemicals that have been shielded from heating by the Sun.According
to Dr James Carpenter, Esa's lead scientist on the project, one of the main aims is to
investigate the potential use of this water as a resource for the future, and to find out
what it can tell us about the origins of life in the inner Solar System.
"The south pole of the Moon is unlike anywhere we have been before," he said.
"The environment is completely different, and due to the extreme cold there you could
find large amounts of water-ice and other chemistry which is on the surface, and which
we could access and use as rocket fuel or in life-support systems to support future
human missions we think will go to these locations."
http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/1521/production/_86090450_s3800245-eugene_cernan_on_moon_apollo_17-spl.jpg
Eugene Cernan was the last man to step off the Moon. Europe and Russia want to go back
Read More.....
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-34504067
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INDEPENDENT....
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/russian-and-european-space-agencies-to-work-together-sending-men-to-the-moon-a6697281.html
last few years . The space programme has been going on in the background, with
various articles and ' semi' disclosures about 1000's of exo planets , water on Mars
and all over the galaxy. So while all the bombs are dropping on Syria, and other
hot spots are flaring up or simmering. The 'global theatre' continues....
Then I just saw this article about Russia and Europe teaming up for a moon trip
and possibly establishing a base as if nothing is happening ...LOL
http://ichef-1.bbci.co.uk/news/560/cpsprodpb/3F71/production/_86114261_lunar_base_made_with_3d_printing_large.jpg
====================================================
http://static.bbci.co.uk/frameworks/barlesque/2.88.1/orb/4/img/bbc-blocks-dark.png
Europe and Russia mission to assess Moon settlement
By Pallab Ghosh
Science correspondent, BBC News
56 minutes ago......From the section Science & Environment
Lunar Lander
http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/660/cpsprodpb/155DC/production/_86161578_4a9f212f-d249-428f-8ac5-dbf07cb4d65b.jpg
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.
vkHLiWDxvuU
In this European Space Agency video Dr James Carpenter describes the landing site
These ventures will continue where the exploration programme that was halted by the
Soviet Union in the mid 1970s left off, according to Prof Igor Mitrofanov, of the Space
Research Institute in Moscow, who is one of the lead scientists. We have an ambition to
have European astronauts on the MoonBérengère Houdou, Esa, head of the lunar
exploration group
"We have to go to the Moon. The 21st Century will be the century when it will be the
permanent outpost of human civilisation, and our country has to participate in this
process," he told BBC News.But unlike efforts in the 1960s and 70s, when the Soviet
Union was working in competition with the US and other nations, he added, "we have to
work together with our international colleagues".
Bérengère Houdou, who is the head of the lunar exploration group of at Esa's European
Space Research and Technology Centre (Estec), just outside Amsterdam, has a similar
strategy."We have an ambition to have European astronauts on the Moon. There are
currently discussions at international level going on for broad cooperation on how to go
back to the Moon."
http://ichef-1.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/17CB7/production/_86136479_lunar_base_labelled_624.png
The European Space Agency's vision for a Moon base
One of the first acts of the new head of the European Space Agency, Johann-Dietrich
Wörner, was to state that he wants international partners to build a base on the Moon's
far side.The initial missions will be robotic. Luna 27 will land on the edge of the South
Pole Aitken (SPA) basin. The south polar region has areas which are always dark. These
are some of the coldest places in the Solar System. As such, they are icy prisons for
water and other chemicals that have been shielded from heating by the Sun.According
to Dr James Carpenter, Esa's lead scientist on the project, one of the main aims is to
investigate the potential use of this water as a resource for the future, and to find out
what it can tell us about the origins of life in the inner Solar System.
"The south pole of the Moon is unlike anywhere we have been before," he said.
"The environment is completely different, and due to the extreme cold there you could
find large amounts of water-ice and other chemistry which is on the surface, and which
we could access and use as rocket fuel or in life-support systems to support future
human missions we think will go to these locations."
http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/1521/production/_86090450_s3800245-eugene_cernan_on_moon_apollo_17-spl.jpg
Eugene Cernan was the last man to step off the Moon. Europe and Russia want to go back
Read More.....
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-34504067
===================================================
INDEPENDENT....
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/russian-and-european-space-agencies-to-work-together-sending-men-to-the-moon-a6697281.html