Why the lunar South Pole is the latest focus in the new space race

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Why the lunar South Pole is the latest focus in the new space race
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Our podcast on science and technology. This week, what India and Russia’s probes hope to find on the moon and why it’s so difficult to reach a legal consensus for the cosmos

days, both Russia and India hope to land robotic probes near the South Pole of the Moon. Conquering the South Pole remains one of the grandest challenges in lunar science, but it’s a potentially rewarding endeavour. If evidence of water is found it will make human settlements much more likely., go beyond science. Russia’s space agency has become isolated after the country’s invasion of Ukraine, while India’s space agency seeks to raise its profile.

Sam Dayala Dev, a former director at the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology and India’s space agency, explains the aims of. Simeon Barber, a planetary scientist at the Open University who works with the European Space Agency, discusses Russia’s Luna missions and why his drilling package has been removed from the Luna-27 probe. Natan Eismont of the Russian Academy of Sciences explains his desire for renewed global collaboration, despite the political backdrop.

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