The increasing worldwide interest in the continuation of lunar exploration has convinced ESA to carry out an investigation of the motivations to return to the Moon to establish a permanent or a semi-permanent manned lunar base. This study also considers the possible role Europe could play in the future exploration and possible utilization of the Moon. The study concentrated in this first phase mainly on scientific questions, leaving technological issues such as transportation, the role of humans, infrastructure, and policy matters to a later phase. It only partially considered questions relating to the exploitation of lunar resources and the impact of human activities on science.
Mission to the Moon: An ESA study on future exploration
1993-01-01
Conference paper
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English
Mission to the Moon: An ESA Study on Future Exploration
NTIS | 1993
|Mission to the Moon: An ESA Study on Future Exploration
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