JonnyBGoode
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NASA and ESA finalize agreement to build Gateway deep space outpost
"NASA and ESA have formally entered into a partnership agreement for building NASA's Artemis Gateway deep space outpost. The agreement signed on Tuesday is part of the US effort to attract international partners for the lunar exploration project.
Scheduled to begin construction in cislunar orbit in 2024, the Gateway outpost is intended to act as a staging point for missions to the lunar surface, and deep space, and, ultimately, for the first crewed missions to Mars."
There's a link in the article to another article discussing the orbit they plan to put it in, complete with a video animation of what the orbit would look like. And it's pretty weird: A highly elliptical orbit around the moon, and at 90 degrees to the Moon's orbit around the Earth.
"NASA and ESA have formally entered into a partnership agreement for building NASA's Artemis Gateway deep space outpost. The agreement signed on Tuesday is part of the US effort to attract international partners for the lunar exploration project.
Scheduled to begin construction in cislunar orbit in 2024, the Gateway outpost is intended to act as a staging point for missions to the lunar surface, and deep space, and, ultimately, for the first crewed missions to Mars."
There's a link in the article to another article discussing the orbit they plan to put it in, complete with a video animation of what the orbit would look like. And it's pretty weird: A highly elliptical orbit around the moon, and at 90 degrees to the Moon's orbit around the Earth.
