A joint working group set up by the British government and US space agency NASA has recommended that the two countries cooperate on a "UK-led" unmanned moon mission.
Under the so-called "MoonLITE" (Moon Lightweight Interior and Telecoms Experiment) plan, a satellite would be placed in orbit round the Moon. The spacecraft would fire three or four penetrator probes into the lunar crust, which would send back readings on the "interior structure of the Moon" to their droid mothership. The satellite would them beam the info back to Earth control.
More: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/02/19/nasa_uk_moon_mole_robot_will_search_for_martian_fossils/
The UK's space funding body is to assess a proposal to send a British spacecraft to the Moon.
If the MoonLite project passes the "Phase A" study, a commitment would be made to launch the spacecraft in 2014.
The UK's MoonLite proposal has received enthusiastic backing from Nasa, describing the plan as "inspirational".
The study is MoonLite's final hurdle - it will investigate whether the mission is technically feasible and whether it will achieve its scientific objectives.
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