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Europe Heads for the Moon in July

Posted by michael on from the smart-engineers-going-continental dept.

Orlando writes "The BBC are reporting that Arianespace are all set for sending Smart1 to the Moon in July. The mission's primary objectives are testing planetary exploration technologies. This is particularly good news after the recent Arianne rocket explosion." China's also planning a moon mission. The U.S. is planning to sit around and watch.

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  1. Re:First? by Keebler71 · · Score: 1, Troll

    What do you mean by "we haven't left LEO"? If you mean human space flight, then I challenge you to name another country that HAS left LEO. If you mean unmanned, I would direct your attention to the wide assortment of MEO/GEO experiments, lunar probes, solar probes, planetary probes, comets, asteroids, etc.

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