![Russia / ESA talk Moon Colony - Roscosmos is in talks with ESA and NASA, discussing plans for the creation of a permanent of manned research base on the Moon, the agencies chief, Vladimir Popovkin, said on Thursday:
“We don’t want the man to just step on the Moon,” Popovkin said in an interview with Vesti FM radio station.“Today, we know enough about it, we know that there is water in its polar areas,” he said, adding “we are now discussing how to begin [the Moon’s] exploration with NASA and the European Space Agency .”There are two options, he said: “either to set up a base on the Moon or to launch a station to orbit around it.”
Some forty years ago the moon-race focused on the means of getting people to Earth’s closest celestial neighbor; it is interesting how the dialogue has now (finally!) shifted to what we want to do there - rather than how to get there. While transport from Earth to the Moon and back is still anything but routine, the technology used to enable it has plenty of years behind it now. Here’s hoping this time humanity goes there to stay …
About the image: yes that’s a real photograph - a view of the Moon on the North Pole.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly9japCgar1qiiz3qo1_500.jpg)
Russia / ESA talk Moon Colony - Roscosmos is in talks with ESA and NASA, discussing plans for the creation of a permanent of manned research base on the Moon, the agencies chief, Vladimir Popovkin, said on Thursday:
“We don’t want the man to just step on the Moon,” Popovkin said in an interview with Vesti FM radio station.
“Today, we know enough about it, we know that there is water in its polar areas,” he said, adding “we are now discussing how to begin [the Moon’s] exploration with NASA and the European Space Agency .”
There are two options, he said: “either to set up a base on the Moon or to launch a station to orbit around it.”
Some forty years ago the moon-race focused on the means of getting people to Earth’s closest celestial neighbor; it is interesting how the dialogue has now (finally!) shifted to what we want to do there - rather than how to get there. While transport from Earth to the Moon and back is still anything but routine, the technology used to enable it has plenty of years behind it now. Here’s hoping this time humanity goes there to stay …
About the image: yes that’s a real photograph - a view of the Moon on the North Pole.
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