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ESA considers robotic lunar cargo lander for Moonbase
The European Space Agency is considering a robotic cargo lunar lander that would deliver 1,700kg (3,700lb) to a manned outpost on the Moon.
Flight obtained details of the proposal from another space agency's official and ESA has declined to provide information as the lander is a part of the agency's proposals to its member states' ministerial meeting to be held in November. ESA and other world agencies, with NASA in a lead role, are in discussions about a Moon base to be located possibly at the south pole in the 2020s.
NASA's lunar lander concept named Altair is a 45,000kg vehicle that can deliver 4,500kg of cargo along with four crew to the Moon's surface. But NASA's own Lunar Architecture Team concluded that 6,000kg was preferred for an outpost. So the European lander could almost fill that cargo requirements gap.
So an ATV for the Moon and of course giving ESA major influence in a return to the Moon as Russia has with the whole ISS project
Chan eil mi aig a bheil ùidh ann an gleidheadh an status quo; Tha mi airson cur às e.
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