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The The moon is coming also for Italy. An agreement of intentions signed yesterday live in Rome and Washington leads to the objective of returning to our natural satellite, that is, the construction of the first lunar colony. This specifies the document signed by the administrator of the PotJim Bridenstine what if Riccardo Fraccaro, Undersecretary of the Prime Minister in charge of aerospace policies. Our national scientists and industries will participate in three directions. The first refers to the collaboration in the construction of the house-laboratory in which the astronauts will live and in the development of technologies to ensure the development of the missions. The second commitment refers to research that can be carried out at the base with the participation of scientists from various disciplines, from biology to astronomy. All exploration and research activities will require a sophisticated communications network capable of allowing a constant connection with the Earth through the transfer of large amounts of data. To do this, we will participate in the construction of telecommunications systems both on the surface and in the orbital constellations around the Moon itself.
Artemis Program
Everything falls into the Artemis Program that NASA has begun to return to the Moon with a woman and a man in 2024. But it will only be the first step to reach a stable settlement 4 years later. Meanwhile, the Gateway lunar space station will also be built to facilitate operations involving Japan, Canada, Europe and (soon) Russia. All this will bring work to our industries that the different parties will carry out developing innovations capable of guaranteeing the survival of astronauts -explains Fraccaro-. The government expects an investment of more than one billion, launching an economic return that will go much further. The objective is to involve, in addition to the large companies already involved in the sector, other small and medium-sized companies that until now had never thought of working in space but that due to their skills can find development paths on the lunar frontier. At the end of October, the rules will be established to participate in the calls for various projects under the direction of the Space Agency. Our country, in addition to the important contribution at a technical and scientific level, will provide technologies for lunar landing systems and habitable modules with positive industrial effects for the entire supply chain and the space sector, says Alessandro Profumo, CEO of Leonardo in which group that already works for the lunar station and for the next target: Mars.
September 25, 2020 (change September 25, 2020 | 22:31)
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