Nasa to put man on far side of moon
The scale of the missions is much larger than the earlier Apollo programme, which is why Nasa will need two separate rockets to take the mother ship and crew into space.
Some missions will also see manned spacecraft landing in unexplored areas such as the lunar mountains and on the moon's south and north poles.
John Connolly, manager of Nasa's lunar lander project, said the system was designed to carry crews to almost every part of the moon's surface.
"The samples they collect and the research they carry out will help solve many mysteries about the origins and composition of the moon and its suitability as a base," he said.
(Via The Anomalist.)
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The Moon is in synchronous rotation with regard to the Earth, meaning that we see the same face turned to the Earth at all times. We might be able to prevail upon these countries to sign an agreement to scoop up moon dust only from the backside of the moon, which is never seen from the Earth. However, a look at history tells us that it's inevitable that at least one of these countries will get greedy and start taking dust from the "wrong" side.
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