Germany Wants A Piece Of The Moon

Despite its late cosmic entry, Germany is planning on launching an unmanned probe towards the Moon in order to help humanity gain more understanding about Earth’s nearest neighbor.

(Reuters) Germany hopes to put an unmanned space craft into the moon’s orbit in the early part of the next decade, a senior German official said on Wednesday.

The lunar orbit mission will be useful for scientific research, Deputy Economy Minister Peter Hintze, the government’s aerospace coordinator, told reporters. “It is also a chance for Germany to prove its competence in this area.”

Germany previously mentioned that they intended upon using the probe to provide a detailed map of the Moon’s surface.

Hopefully Germany has plans on launching more than probes as the “Moon map market” is becoming increasingly crowded thanks to Japan and China.

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