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Published online 6 April 2004 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news040405-2
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Should we go back to the moon?
Astronomers debate the benefits of manned spaceflight.
Inthe wake of debate about sending people to Mars, European astronomers discussed sending humans to a much nearer target - the Moon - at last week's National Astronomy Meeting, at the Open University in Milton Keynes, UK.
The discussion will feed into Europe's 30-year plan for space travel, called the Aurora programme, which will support about 50 projects.
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