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Article: NASA developing navigation system for moon
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- The Hindustan Times
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- July 22, 2008
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Washington, July 22 -- Ohio State University researcher Ron Li is leading a team to help humans navigate the moon after being instrumental in designing Mars rovers.
During NASA's scheduled moon landing in 2020, astronauts won't be able to use a global positioning system (GPS) because the moon lacks satellites, said Li, acting professor of civil and environmental engineering and geodetic science.
He described incidents during past lunar missions when astronauts were approaching a target site such as a crater, and got within a few yards of it - but couldn't see the crater because of difficult terrain. "They were so close, ...