Shared vision for human and robotic exploration of the Moon and beyond

Credits: ISECG

The International Space Exploration Coordination Group (ISECG) is a forum supported by 14 space agencies to implement the Global Exploration Strategy through coordination of their mutual efforts in space exploration. ISECG has just released their August 2020 Supplement to the Global Exploration Roadmap.

From the Executive Summary: “Evolved lunar surface exploration and ultilisation scenarios reflect plans for a near-term series of robotic missions followed by humans returning to the Moon in this decade. Rather than looking at individual missions, the scenario depicts a stepwise development of an increasingly capable lunar transportation system to the lunar surface, traversing systems on the lunar surface, and infrastructure supporting them that will enable cooperative science and human exploration efforts leading toward a sustained presence on the lunar poles and incorporating lunar surface activities as analogues in preparation for human missions to Mars.”