Foredrag: Destination Moon

Om foredraget "Destination Moon" ved Bérengère Houdou, Den Europæiske Rumorganisation (ESA)

Recent discoveries and plans to send humans beyond Low Earth Orbit again have returned our Moon to the spotlight. There are many reasons to land and explore new lunar locations, especially the Moon’s polar regions. Reaching the Moon, despite it being our closest neighbour is not easy and different approaches to those used in the past are desired – more autonomous, more precise and safer – requiring we develop innovative new technologies. In the last years ESA has teamed with private industry and institutes from all over Europe to develop robotic technologies and experiments for lunar exploration: the so-called PILOT system for landing and PROSPECT for investigating resources on the Moon’s surface. They will be used first on the Russian lunar lander planned for launch by the end of the decade. In parallel, ESA is preparing future human activities around the Moon by using the International Space Station as a test-bed and participating in NASA’s Orion spacecraft for transporting astronauts. We are combining the strengths and capabilities of robotic and human explorers and making Europe an indispensable partner in future collaborative exploration missions.

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