File Photo: Τhe programme “Hellas to the Moon” is now ready to move to its second stage. EPA, CNSA
“The huge advantage of the existence of the Hellenic Space Agency (HSA) is that Greece is participating in the moon lander, along with the German, French and Japanese space agencies, and with European Space Agency (ESA).
HSA is one of the five organisations of this kind participating in this mission to the moon with NASA, which is very important” said HSA Chairman Christodoulos Protopapas, speaking to the Athens-Macedonian News Agency radio “Praktoreio 104.9” on Wednesday.
Protopapas revealed a very important new development in the programme “Hellas to the Moon”, which meant that it was now ready to move to its second stage:
According to Protopapas, Greece did not have the funds to construct a lunar vehicle other than the rover, which will “hitch a ride” on the large NASA’s lander to carry Greek experiments to the moon”.
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