British and US team are suggesting a moon mission Zuzana Krskova

British and U.S. Scientists are proposing a lunar mission that would use an orbiter to fire missile-like penetrators into the moon's surface.Lunar mission will include a MoonLITE, The Moon Lightweight Interior and Telecoms Experiment. It would put a satellite into orbit around the moon. It will also contain three or four projectiles filled with scientific instruments. They would be fired and embed below the lunar surface.Main reason for scientists to send the MoonLITE to the Moon is, that it would be able to deliver important information about the moon's structure, size of the lunar core and source of lunar seismic activity.It will be also used for mapping the moon's interior geology. MoonLITE will reach some areas, taht Apollo launches of the 1960s and 1970s was not able to."The Apollo landers all landed in equatorial regions on the near side, for safety. With this kind of mission you can attempt more scientifically interesting missions," said Professor Keith Mason, the chairman of the UK Space Board, the BNC's governing bodyScientists are also interested in testing the space communications network. It is expected to be used for future robotic or human explorers.NASA and The British National Space Centre (BNSC) made a Joint Working Group report on lunar exploration and the next steps in possible US-UK space exploration co-operation.Four "missile-like" vehicles should launched from an orbiting satelite around year 2012.For success of the mission were needed more study and a definitive cost estimate, said NASA and the British space center. Than they will decided on whether to proceed with the proposed mission."Britain doesn't want to be left out of an international wave of new space explorations in the next 10 to 20 years," said Ian Pearson, government's space minister, while announcing plans for a new Oxford's space research center.He also said, that Britain will focus it's attention on robotic space exploration, and he is looking forward to this or next year for a coming out of spacelift.

by Zuzana Krskova for PocketNews (http://pocketnews.tv)

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