Nasa is very likely to support plans to despatch a British probe to the Moon, BBC News has learned.
The proposal to send a unmanned mission called Moonlite into orbit around the Moon has the backing of those planning Nasa's own return to the Moon.
The US space agency's administrator, Dr Michael Griffin, has said that he is keen to use UK expertise to carry out scientific studies.
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