🛰️After years of hard work by the consortium the #LUMIO mission has now been approved. A big congratulations to Francesco Topputo and Politecnico di Milano who were the driving force behind making this happen!
🚨 New mission klaxon! 📣🔔 🚀👀 The European Space Agency - ESA and its General Support Technology Programme (GSTP) has just approved the LUMIO mission! LUMIO is set to observe meteoroid impacts on the far side of the Moon, aiming to fill the knowledge gap about meteoroid activity between the Earth and Moon. 🛰️💫 So what's the big deal? Here’s some of the questions LUMIO will help us answer: What defensive strategies are needed for future human habitats on the Moon? 🛡️👩🚀 How much damage can these meteoroids cause to equipment on the lunar surface? 💥🔧 Are there really more impacts on the Moon's near side? 🪐📊 Find out more🌟🔭https://lnkd.in/eniuVi8C Shoutout to the consortium making this mission possible👩🚀👨🚀 Politecnico di Milano, ARGOTEC , Leonardo, IMT - INGEGNERIA MARKETING TECNOLOGIA, Nautilus - Navigation in Space, ECAPS, LMO, S[&]T Norway 🌠🔥 Space exploration is getting meteoric!🌍💫 #SpaceTech #LUMIOmission #Asteroids #Innovation #SpaceResearch #SpaceExploratio