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There’s a good point to be made about manned missions to the moon. There are so many things we don’t know about the moon. See, for example, ESA’s “moon village”
by lorenzhs 9y ago
There’s a good point to be made about manned missions to the moon. There are so many things we don’t know about the moon. See, for example, ESA’s “moon village” plans. The General Director gave a talk at 33c3 that—among other things—makes the case for prolonged human presence on the moon for scientific purposes: https://media.ccc.de/v/33c3-8406-the_moon_and_european_space_exploration https://media.ccc.de/v/33c3-8406-the_moon_and_european_space...
- TaylorAlexander 9y agoIt makes me happy that someone from the ESA gave a talk at 33c3.
- lorenzhs 9y agoNot just anyone, the Director General! There was another talk by someone from ESA (I don’t remember his name) on the feasibility of a moon elevator (lunar surface to Lagrange point 1 iirc), which would be possible with current materials if we could just figure out how to get them there... I was in the audience for both and it was absolutely amazing!