Jemsee
08-21-2003, 02:51 PM
LONDON (AP) -- Europe is to boldly go where it has never gone before -- using "Star Trek"-style technology to carry out its first mission to the moon.
http://i.cnn.net/cnn/2003/TECH/space/08/19/europe.moon.ap/story.smart1.moon.jpg
The European Space Agency said that the innovative solar-powered engines behind its unmanned lunar probe, SMART-1, will transform space travel by propelling craft at higher speeds and greater distance than those powered by traditional rocket fuel.
Cool.
Maybe they can find some old US space junk and prove that the USofA had really gone there.
More (http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/space/08/19/europe.moon.ap/index.html)
http://i.cnn.net/cnn/2003/TECH/space/08/19/europe.moon.ap/story.smart1.moon.jpg
The European Space Agency said that the innovative solar-powered engines behind its unmanned lunar probe, SMART-1, will transform space travel by propelling craft at higher speeds and greater distance than those powered by traditional rocket fuel.
Cool.
Maybe they can find some old US space junk and prove that the USofA had really gone there.
More (http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/space/08/19/europe.moon.ap/index.html)