ESA Shortlists Five Companies for European Launcher Challenge

ESA has never attempted a lunar landing. "[We] jumped over the idea of a moon rover and focused on the ExoMars mission instead [because] Between 2005 — 2010 America started whispering 'the Chinese are coming, we need to go back to the moon." Now with NASA budget cuts, that mission is under threat.

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