As the new Director General of the European Space Agency (ESA), Professor Johann-Dietrich Woerner has reiterated his desire to build a village on the far side of the Moon.
“We should look to the future beyond the International Space Station,” Woerner told the BBC when asked about his intentions for ESA. “We should look for a smaller spacecraft in low-Earth orbit for microgravity research and I propose a Moon village on the far side of the Moon.”
“The far side of the Moon is very interesting because we could have telescopes looking deep into the Universe, we could do lunar science on the Moon and the international aspect is very special,” he said. “The Americans are looking to go to Mars very soon – and I don’t see how we can do that – before going to Mars we should test what we could do on Mars on the Moon.”
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“We should look to the future beyond the International Space Station,” Woerner told the BBC when asked about his intentions for ESA. “We should look for a smaller spacecraft in low-Earth orbit for microgravity research and I propose a Moon village on the far side of the Moon.”
“The far side of the Moon is very interesting because we could have telescopes looking deep into the Universe, we could do lunar science on the Moon and the international aspect is very special,” he said. “The Americans are looking to go to Mars very soon – and I don’t see how we can do that – before going to Mars we should test what we could do on Mars on the Moon.”
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