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Moonlight Initiative
The Moonlight Initiative is a project by the European Space Agency with the goal of providing support for space companies in Europe to create uninterrupted telecommunications satellite coverage between Earth and the Moon, facilitating future lunar projects. Compatibility The ESA states that it intends to work in partnership with NASA in "creating lasting telecommunications and navigation links with the moon", involving the adoption of the LunaNet LunaNet is a NASA and ESA project and proposed data network aiming to provide a "Lunar Internet" for Cis-lunar space, cis-lunar spacecraft and installations. It will be able to Store and forward, store-and-forward data to provide a Delay-tolerant ... specifications. Goals The stated end goal of the Moonlight project is to make it easier for companies to build infrastructure (i.e. mining, utilities, power, etc.) on the Moon, culminating in a sustained long-term human presence. Their website envisions a thriving lunar economy that pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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, owners = , headquarters = Paris, Île-de-France, France , coordinates = , spaceport = Guiana Space Centre , seal = File:ESA emblem seal.png , seal_size = 130px , image = Views in the Main Control Room (12052189474).jpg , size = , caption = , acronym = , established = , employees = 2,200 , administrator = Director General of the European Space Agency, Director General Josef Aschbacher , budget = Euro, €7.2 billion (2022) , language = English and French (working languages) , website = , logo = European Space Agency logo.svg , logo_caption = Logo , image_caption = European Space Operations Centre (ESOC) Main Control Room The European Space Agency (ESA; french: Agence spatiale européenne , it, Agenzia Spaziale Europea, es, Agencia Espacial Europea ASE; german: Europäische Weltraumorganisation) is an intergovernmental organisation of 22 member states dedicated to the Space expl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
