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ESA reveals plans to build 'moon village'

By T.K. Randall
March 23, 2016 · Comment icon 33 comments

The moon base would be built using rovers and 3D printing. Image Credit: YouTube / ESA
The futuristic lunar settlement would not only attract scientists and explorers but tourists as well.
Presented by ESA director general Johann-Dietrich Worner, the ambitious moon base would be constructed by robots from the natural resources available on the moon's surface.

Located at one of the moon's polar regions, the settlement would take advantage of international cooperation by combining the technologies and skills of several different space agencies.

Providing opportunities for everything from space tourism to lunar mining, the base would also act as a stepping stone for even more ambitious space missions and construction projects in the future.

A new ESA video detailing Worner's plans for the lunar village can be viewed below.



Source: Sputnik News | Comments (33)

Tags: ESA, Moon


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Comment icon #24 Posted by WhySoSceptical 9 years ago
Doesn't sound like a bad idea at all to chill out in a base at the far side of the moon, until little grey men start attacking it.
Comment icon #25 Posted by Waspie_Dwarf 9 years ago
Also, I think you underestimate the marvels of modern technology. I'm underestimating nothing. My point is a simple one, why add complexity and expense having a constellation of satellites when the job can be done more simply and cheaply with a single satellite. I repeat, there is a good reason why both NASA and the Chinese propose a satellite in L2.
Comment icon #26 Posted by Derek Willis 9 years ago
I'm underestimating nothing. My point is a simple one, why add complexity and expense having a constellation of satellites when the job can be done more simply and cheaply with a single satellite. I repeat, there is a good reason why both NASA and the Chinese propose a satellite in L2. Would lunar satellites add complexity? As you pointed out in an earlier post redundancy would have to be built in by having more than one satellite at L2. If Molniya-style lunar orbits were used, no more than three satellites would be needed. Also, L2 is unstable and, as the link I have provided says, any satell... [More]
Comment icon #27 Posted by toast 9 years ago
Also, could you please direct me to references that discuss the plans to launch communications satellites to L2. I am not saying this isn't the plan, I just can't find any references that discuss this in detail. LMGTFY
Comment icon #28 Posted by Waspie_Dwarf 9 years ago
Also, could you please direct me to references that discuss the plans to launch communications satellites to L2. I am not saying this isn't the plan, I just can't find any references that discuss this in detail. Click on the Lagrangian point wiki link in the first post I made, it has a list of proposed missions to L points including NASA's 1968 proposal. As for Chang'e 4, try this: http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily-lakdawalla/2016/01141307-updates-on-change-program.html?referrer=https://www.google.co.uk/
Comment icon #29 Posted by Derek Willis 9 years ago
Click on the Lagrangian point wiki link in the first post I made, it has a list of proposed missions to L points including NASA's 1968 proposal. As for Chang'e 4, try this: http://www.planetary...w.google.co.uk/ I am looking for references that provide verifiable detail regarding communications satellites being sent to L2. There are numerous scientific probes, but where is there any information on a proposed NASA communications satellite, other than the 1968 proposal? Also, the Chang 4 reference (Planetary Society) cites unofficial sources, and there seems to be some confusion as to what Chang... [More]
Comment icon #30 Posted by Derek Willis 9 years ago
LMGTFY Perhaps you could google it for me because I thought when Waspie wrote: "there is a good reason why NASA and the Chinese propose a satellite in L2" this was referring to future missions. I didn't realize the NASA mission was a proposal from 1968 and that there is confusion about what the Chinese plans actually are.
Comment icon #31 Posted by regeneratia 9 years ago
THE MOON IS A HARSH MISTRESS, Robert Heinlein. Best book of his to read.
Comment icon #32 Posted by Calibeliever 9 years ago
THE MOON IS A HARSH MISTRESS, Robert Heinlein. Best book of his to read. Great book. oo it's on Prime! I know what I'll be reading for the next couple of days. It's been 30 years
Comment icon #33 Posted by regeneratia 9 years ago
Great book. oo it's on Prime! I know what I'll be reading for the next couple of days. It's been 30 years It has been about that long for me too. Found it on iTunes, since my several copies of it are packed away in boxes that remain unopened following marriage (my life is not my own anymore). I am just as they left the first conference and they are hiding and plotting. The structure of revolution, a person-oriented algorithm which I am sure is being used today in many government agencies. A remarkable judicial system that I would love to see instituted some time soon. There are so many lessons... [More]
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