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According to a NASA Feb. 3 memo, NASA is putting together a team to develop a plan for exploring a spot in space known as the Earth-moon libration point 2 (EML-2) for a space Outpost.
A Libration pointis a place in space where the combined gravitational pull of the moon and the Earth balance each other out, allowing a space station to stay in one spot.
NASA has already Identified the EML-2 location as the best spot for such an Outpost.
EML-2 could serve an array of purposes from acting as a waypoint for space missions to planets or an assembly point for space or lunar equipment to hosting a variety of science experiments.
Pretty cool stuff! I hope it becomes a multinational project and the budgets get spread across many countries as I think that will be the biggest barrier to it being completed (remember the Texas Based Super collider?).
Mark