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Not content with its Foursquare badge from the International Space Station, NASA is now setting its sights closer to the moon, with plans for a deep space outpost near our celestial neighbor. NASA is looking at setting up an outpost near the recently filmed far side of the moon that could serve as a jumping point to other more exotic destinations like lunar space, asteroids and Mars. The waypoint could even serve as a place for assembling and servicing satellites and large telescopes, as well as robotics research on crashed Transformers. The leading location so far is “Earth-moon libration point 2,” a more gravitationally stable area in space that serves as an ideal parking spot for space craft. Echoing recent talk by Russians about a joint moon base, NASA also hopes to get by with a little help from its friends – well, actually a lot of help from the international community – by using the partnerships it has formed through the International Space Station.NASA eyes waypoint near moon, Orbital Drop Shock Troopers not in plans … yet originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 14 Feb 2012 08:37:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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