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European Space Agency has been looking at what it takes to construct a moon outpost.
Credit: ESA/ Foster + Partners

A new story from me posted today on Space.com.

The in-coming leader of the European Space Agency is keen on establishing an international base on the moon – a next-step outpost beyond the International Space Station.

Next European Space Agency Director General, Johann-Dietrich Wörner, discusses farside moon station at the The Space Foundation’s recently held 31st National Space Symposium.
Credit: Tom Kimmell Photography

Johann-Dietrich Wörner expressed his lunar base views at The Space Foundation’s National Space Symposium, held here April 13-16 – a gathering of global, commercial, civil, military and newspace experts.

For the full story, go to:

Europe’s Next Space Chief Wants a Moon Colony on the Lunar Far Side
by Leonard David, Space.com’s Space Insider Columnist
May 01, 2015 06:00am ET

http://www.space.com/29285-moon-base-european-space-agency.html