The project could take the place of the ISS.Īll members but the European Union have agreed to operate and finance the ISS to at least 2024. 'I think we should bridge these earthly problems, and I'm sure that it can be achieved in the end.' 'It is true that currently the US Congress doesn't want to cooperate with China in a common project like the International Space Station, but the situation with the Moon Village would be different. Woerner also said the project could even bring the US and China together. Therefore, I am quite sure that some nations would send astronauts, cosmonauts or taikonauts as well.
'Yes, in principle the Moon Village could be robots only, but the idea is to bring together the whole diversity of spacefaring nations. It uses a mobile array of printing nozzles that spray a binding solution onto a sand-like material 'Yes, the Americans want to send astronauts to Mars one day, but today's technology isn't prepared for this trip yet.Įsa's D-Shape printer has been used to create prototype structures that could be used in a lunar base (pictured). And now, with ExoMars, two unmanned missions are aiming at martian orbit and the surface. 'For more than a decade, we have had a very successful spacecraft orbiting there. 'The Moon Village would also act as a 'pit stop' for the further exploration of the Universe,' he said. Woerner said the village could even help man get to Mars. 'The participants can work in different fields, perhaps they will conduct pure science and perhaps there will even be business ventures like mining or tourism.' 'In the Moon Village we would like to combine the capabilities of different spacefaring nations, with the help of robots and astronauts. 'My idea only deals with the core of the concept of a village: people working and living together in the same place. 'If I say Moon Village, it does not mean single houses, a church, a town hall and so on.
'The future of space travel needs a new vision,''Right now we have the Space Station as a common international project, but it won't last forever,' said Woerner.
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