set to carry modules for a space station to orbit the moon the lunar orbital platform gateway or lupton for short is a modest successor to the international space station like the i assess this project will be developed through international cooperation under nasa as leadership. astronauts will be able to launch and monitor missions on the lunar surface from the new operating station. first they will study the moon with remote controlled robot to determine the extent and location of the. moon's resources. later astronauts will be able to reach the moon from the gateway the aim is to build a permanent base on the lunar surface where technologies could be developed and tested. then they can advance further into space toward mars. the long term goal is to use the gateway as a kind of assembly line and transfer station for the astronauts on their long journey to the red planet but that probably won't be possible until over a decade from now at the earliest. now to new zealand where the owner of a sushi stand had to call police to remove 2 intruders not robbers but penguins the penguins resi