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Tests on a UK-led technology at the heart of a planned Moon mission have been a spectacular success according to the scientists involved in the project. Three penetrator missiles were fired into a sand bunker in Wales, designed to mimic the lunar surface. [url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/sci/...

The UK could soon have its first mission to the Moon - an orbiting spacecraft that would fire instruments into the lunar surface. The "penetrators" would yield new information about the rocky interior. BBC News understands the venture is being considered by Britain's astronomy funding agenc...

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Moonlite mission Moonlite mission (Preview)	Mission News	3	505	Dec 8 13:30 2008 by Blobrana
Tests on a UK-led technology at the heart of a planned Moon mission have been a spectacular success according to the scientists involved in the project. Three penetrator missiles were fired into a sand bunker in Wales, designed to mimic the lunar surface. [url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/sci/...
Moonlite mission UK Moon mission (Preview)	Mission News	1	491	Apr 20 01:23 2007 by Blobrana
The UK could soon have its first mission to the Moon - an orbiting spacecraft that would fire instruments into the lunar surface. The "penetrators" would yield new information about the rocky interior. BBC News understands the venture is being considered by Britain's astronomy funding agenc...