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Posted by: Bill Landon on Wed, Mar 05, 2003

Provided by: FreeTranslation.com
Europe targets the Moon
pic Scientists and engineers working on the Smart 1 spacecraft are hoping to fly around the 15th of that month - but it all depends on the status of the launcher.

Currently, Europe's rockets are grounded following the high-profile failure of a vehicle in December last year.

But it seems the rocket's operators, Arianespace, are confident enough about the outcome of a post-accident review of systems to give Smart 1 a provisional launch date.

"We've just been told we can go for July," Dr Sarah Dunkin, one of the lead project scientists on the mission told BBC News Online. "But Arianespace did say this date assumed the review would turn out alright."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2818551.stm


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