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General Category => Science, Technology and Knowledge => Space => Topic started by: Suppressed on November 08, 2017, 05:59:56 pm
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Five firms aim to power moon-orbiting way station to deep space
6 November 2017
By Leah Crane
https://www.newscientist.com/article/five-firms-aim-to-power-a-moon-orbiting-way-station-to-deep-space/
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Gateway to the cosmos
NASA
NASA has awarded contracts to five companies to start researching how to power its proposed Deep Space Gateway, a way station that may one day orbit the moon and serve as a launch pad for flights to deep space.
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