Moon Village

Date: Tue, Mar 22, 2016 | 07:30 - 07:45 GMT | 08:30 - 08:45 CET

Replay: Tue, Mar 22, 2016 | 16:00 - 16:15 GMT | 17:00 - 17:15 CET

Type: ESA TV Exchange

Format: 16:9

Jan Woerner, Director General of the European Space Agency, has a bold new vision for space exploration: building a permanent base station on the Moon, he likes to call a "Moon Village".

But I will not be a village with houses around a main street but a technological and scientific human presence on the moon.

It would represent a giant leap in space exploration, following and enlarging the current cooperation on the International Space Station as a global project.

In this video Jan Woerner explains his idea for what he sees as an open station, for different member states and also different states around the globe.

More information at: http://www.esa.int/ESA

Preview and download:
https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos/2016/03/Moon_Village2

Script:
EbSI-118627.docx

Satellite Parameters: Eutelsat 9A at 9 degrees E, transponder 59, downlink frequency 11900.1 horizontally polarised, symbol rate 27,500 FEC 2/3.