But much of the rest goes toward goals largely absent from the planetary science community's consensus planning, namely the new push
for lunar exploration.
Not exact matches
Our robotic spacecraft systems will collapse the cost of access to the Moon, introduce a new commercial paradigm
for government missions, democratize
lunar research and
exploration, and blaze the trail
for commercial space transportation and
exploration beyond Earth's orbit.
Liu Tongjie, the deputy director
for the second - phase project of the China
Lunar Exploration Program, said Chang» e 2 new position allows it to tackle two scientific tasks: observing the Earth's magnetic field and charting solar storms, according to a China Daily report.
NASA: The news was good
for missions that would support the president's vision
for eventual
lunar and martian
exploration by humans.
Although the specifics of manned
lunar exploration over the coming decades are unclear, many experts see vast opportunities
for space - faring bodies to work in concert toward loftier goals.
«We are really poised to take advantage of this next era of
lunar exploration and the opportunities these commercial companies are going to open up
for us.»
Its
lunar exploration program is also increasingly science - driven, with a sample return mission scheduled
for next year and the first ever landing on the far side of the moon planned
for 2018.
Lunar and Planetary
Exploration Team director Junichiro Kawaguchi said that the moon base would allow two or three astronauts to stay
for up to half a year at a time.
That's not just a hypothesis
for our satellite's origins: the latest space racers want to build a
lunar staging post
for exploration, and settlement, of the solar system (see «China lands on moon, kicks off next
lunar space race «-RRB-.
However, models of the internal structure of the Moon as derived from past research could not account
for the deformation precisely observed by the above
lunar exploration programs.
«To know the origin and evolution of the moon is to know those of Earth,» says Tatsuaki Hashimoto of the Japan Aerospace
Exploration Agency, the lead scientist
for a proposed
lunar rover called SELENE - 2.
Glotch said all of the new mineral discoveries should make
for «some new, really juicy targets
for future [
lunar]
exploration.»
A moon - orbiting asteroid would probably also be of interest to private companies proposing human missions to the
lunar surface
for scientific
exploration and mining studies.
He says CE5 - T1 may be the sole spacecraft launched
for engineering testing during China's unmanned
lunar exploration program.
Like the Ansari X Prize
for sending a human into space, the
lunar contest is meant to stimulate commercial space
exploration.
Some of the savings from defunding the ISS would feed into NASA's return to the moon, chiefly a new
lunar robotic
exploration program as well as a «Deep Space Gateway» in
lunar orbit that would serve as a staging ground
for operations on the surface.
The superheavy booster developed
for Soviet
lunar exploration failed in four attempted launches before the program was discontinued.
To help aspiring
lunar explorers, startup launch services firm Space
Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) of El Segundo, California, is offering to fly contestants» rovers on its Falcon rockets at cost, which would be about $ 7 million
for its smallest booster.
* Anchored atop the departure stage is a composite shroud protecting the
lunar surface access module, which includes the descent stage that will carry explorers to the moon's surface and the ascent stage that will return them to
lunar orbit to rendezvous with the Orion Spacecraft (Crew
Exploration Vehicle)
for their return home.
Brian Day, Lead
for Lunar and Planetary Mapping and Modeling, Solar System
Exploration Research Virtual Institute (SSERVI), NASA Ames Research Center
The project's backers hope that this will help kickstart a new era in
lunar exploration, while creating a legacy
for the way space missions are funded.
NASA later returned to the moon with the Clementine (1992) and
Lunar Prospector (1998) probes for further lunar explora
Lunar Prospector (1998) probes
for further
lunar explora
lunar exploration.
And, «Studies have been conducted showing the extensibility of the basic Centaur and Evolved Centaur designs to long duration space flight
for exploration purposes and even
for use as a
Lunar Lander.
Brian Day, Lead
for Lunar and Planetary Mapping and Modeling, Solar System
Exploration Research...
Mostre selezionate, progetti e performance includono: Basic Instructions B4 Leaving, Café OTO, Londra (2016); Deep Space Mathematics, #Wandering Wilding: Movment as Movement (curate da Legacy Russell
for Daata Editions)(2016); Kind of Flossy (curate da C.R.E.A.M.), Assembly Point Gallery, Londra (2016); 3 Thousand and 30 High Priestess of Pluto (with Eunjung Kim and Taylor Le Melle), Artsy X Whitechapel First Futures, Whitechapel Gallery Londra (2016); Coral North (curated by easy!upstream), Schwabinger Tor, Monaco; Linguistic Legacies and
Lunar Exploration, Saturday's Live, Serpentine Gallery, Londra (2016); Looking at people, looking at art (curated by Mark Essen), Division of Labour, Londra (2016); The rose is without a «why».
Selected exhibitions, projects and performances include: Basic Instructions B4 Leaving, Café OTO, London (2016); Deep Space Mathematics, #WanderingWilding: Movment as Movement (curated by Legacy Russell
for Daata Editions)(2016); Kind of Flossy (curated by C.R.E.A.M.), Assembly Point Gallery, London (2016); 3 Thousand and 30 High Priestess of Pluto (with Eunjung Kim and Taylor Le Melle), Artsy X Whitechapel First Futures, Whitechapel Gallery London (2016); Coral North (curated by easy!upstream), Schwabinger Tor, Munich; Linguistic Legacies and
Lunar Exploration, Saturday's Live, Serpentine Gallery, London (2016); Looking at people, looking at art (curated by Mark Essen), Division of Labour, London (2016); The rose is without a «why».