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Resonating with the sudden increase in interest towards lunar sciences and exploration coupled with the futuristic vision of large scale cost-efficient infrastructure, development of small satellite missions for deployment beyond Earth are considered of a high priority. To reconcile with budget instabilities, whilst keeping the need to promote scie...
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