The moon is getting a cell tower. Part Time Scientists, a German
company planning to send a lander and rovers to the moon in late 2018,
will use LTE technology to communicate with Earth. According to
Space.com,
the team’s spacecraft, Alina, will land at the site of Apollo 17,
NASA’s final Apollo mission. As rovers travel the moon’s surface, they
will relay information back to Alina, which will serve as a cell tower
during the mission. Using LTE communications will be particularly useful
in future lunar missions, especially if the European Space Agency
continues with its plans to build a lunar village.
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