Briefs: Building EML2 gateway at the ISS; LOR 50 years later; Dr. Moon on Hotel Mars

Chris Bergin reports that the team developing the long term exploration architecture for NASA is leaning towards an in-space facility assembled at the ISS and moved to the Earth-Moon Lagrange Point 2 (EML-2). (There were also reports, e.g. here, back in February about this.) The modules for the "Exploration Gateway/Platform" could be launched with existing vehicles. From the Gateway, missions to asteroids, the Moon and Mars could start: NASA teams evaluating ISS-built Exploration Platform roadmap - NASASpaceFlight.com
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The decision on the Apollo mission architecture 50 years ago had a big impact on what followed after Apollo:
/-- How NASA Chose Its Ride to the Moon - Discovery News
/-- Lunar Orbit Rendezvous - Transterrestrial Musings
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Lunar scientist Paul Spudis joined David Livingston on his latest segment on the John Batchelor show and they talked about the "Global Space Exploration Conference (GLEX), commercial space & Cis-Lunar economic development": The John Batchelor Show “Hotel Mars,” Wednesday, 6-13-12 - Thespaceshow's Blog.