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Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) is a measurement-driven lunar orbiter mission, which will map the moon and measure the radiation levels. This is the 1st Moon mission from NASA’s New moon/mars Vision for Space Exploration, this could be launched 2008 by the Delta Rocket from Kennedy Space Center Florida. Will lower Lunar Recon Orbitor expectations of high tech instrumentation and could introduce delay in the 2008 launching.
http://www.aerospaceguide.net/lunar.html
http://www.newscientistspace.com/article.ns?id=dn8683
many researchers argue that the polar regions should be the top priority. A number of current and planned international lunar orbiting missions will help fill the knowledge gaps. NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, planned for launch in late 2008, aims to identify resources around the Moon that later missions might investigate.
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NASA’s assault on the moon will start with survey of landing sites
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/11238355/
LRO is the first of the Robotic Lunar Exploration Program missions. After a planned launch by late fall in 2008, LRO will take four days to make its way to the moon and then orbit that chunk of "magnificent desolation" for nominally one year.
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'first steps are not for cheap, think about it...
did China build a great Wall in a day ?' ( Y L R newmars forum member )
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