The first module of the future
space station to be sued as a stepping stone for man's return to
the moon and then on to a Mars landing will be Italian, Italian
Space Agency (ASI) President Giorgio Saccoccia told ANSA Friday
after signing a 'Joint Statement for Cooperation in Space
Exploration' with NASA CEO James Bridenstine in Washington.
He said the message from the US on the Gateway space station
"is very clear: they have opened up to international
collaboration and want to do so in all possible ways."
The accord was signed on the same day that Italian astronaut
Roberto Battiston, a former ASI chief, got into the Space Hall
of Fame.
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