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Article: NASA, ESA COMPLETE COMPARATIVE EXPLORATION ARCHITECTURE STUDY
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- July 9, 2008
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NASA issued the following press release:
Over the last 6 months, representatives from NASA and the European Space Agency, or ESA, have been engaged in a detailed assessment of potential programs and technologies that when conducted cooperatively could one day support a human outpost on the moon.
Findings from the study included a significant mutual interest in the potential development of lunar cargo landing systems, communication and navigation systems, lunar orbital infrastructures, and lunar surface systems, such as habitats or mobility systems. The study also identified the significant value gained from redundant human crew transportation capability.
"We are very pleased to have worked ...