根据欧空局同意大利莱昂纳多-芬梅卡尼卡集团签署的一份价值约800万欧元的合同,后者将为欧空局研制名为“勘探”的钻具样机。“勘探”将用在俄罗斯“月球-资源”月球着陆探测器上。“月球-资源”原定2020年发射,现定发射时间是2021年。这份合同的签订充分表明,欧空局非常倾向于在全面开展火星探测之前先大力开展一项月球探测计划。但这一“先月球,后火星”的新思路会否得到该局各主要成员国、尤其是 According to ESA’s agreement with the Leonardo-Finmeccanica Group in Italy to sign a contract worth some 8 million euros, the latter will develop a prototype for the European Space Agency named “Exploration”. “Exploration ” will be used on the Russian “Moon - Resource ” lunar landing probe. “Moon - Resources ” was originally scheduled to launch in 2020, is scheduled to launch time is 2021 years. The signing of this contract has fully demonstrated that ESA is very much in favor of launching a lunar exploration program vigorously before the full Mars exploration. However, whether this new thinking of “first Moon, then Mars” will receive the major member states of the council, in particular