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ESA gives MoonTwins project to UK firm

Mike Richards

Wow! 

'Although there is still a lot of flexibility in the design, the core goals of the mission are clear: each craft will need to be able to make a soft, controlled landing at a precise location. They won't be rovers, but might be able to do short ascents, allowing them to "hop" to a new location. They will most likely carry seismometers, and possibly other instruments.'

Incredible, all this just *50 years* after America landed Surveyor 6 on the Moon, take measurements and got it to take off again.

Paul Crawford

A decade out 

50 years ago was Sputnik 1's launch, it was 1967 for Surveyor 6

Adrian Midgley

Two (or more) landings is a bit more clever 

than Surveyor.