Should we build a base on the 'DARK' side of the moon? Esa wants international team to colonise
Channel: Aliens insider
Date: 2015-06-29

Should we build a base on the 'DARK' side of the moon? Esa wants international team to colonise the far side of lunar surface
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The incoming head of Esa has said that he wants international partners to build a base on the moon’s far side.

Johann-Dietrich Wörner wants agencies to make use of the environment as a stepping stone to further destinations.

And he also says that key science could be performed there, without any interference from Earth.

Mr Wörner, who will become Director General of Esa on 30 June, made the comments at the Space Foundation’s National Space Symposium in mid-April in Colorado.

‘It seems to be appropriate to propose a permanent moon station as the successor of ISS,’ he said, reported Space.com.

‘The moon station can be an important stepping stone for any further exploration in deep space.’