ESA BR-101 A Moon Programme: The European View

In 1994, ESA astronaut Wubbo Ockels posited that Europe was well-placed to take an initiative towards an International Moon Programme. At that time, the major space nations were working on development of an international space station. The next international space programmes would lead eventually to the exploration and exploitation of the Moon, and to the setting up of manned outposts first on the Moon, and later on Mars, sometime during the 21st Century. Read online