The lunch site has been chosen so that the rocket is carefully aimed at the moon from lift off onwards.

Here we see the all important nose cone developing against a backdrop of distant peaks and troughs

As engineering continues to work on last minute adjustments to the crew capsule …

… the crew takes a moment to relax on the newly built launch tower during the rigorous training and selection procedures

Happy crew on the launch tower

We are told that moon juice will be collected via this retractable arm – now being re-programmed for low gravity cheese. The amount of R.AN.DEE (Ranting All Night & Day Endlessly) that has gone into this new exploration system is sure to excite fellow space-fans – it is clearly in-excess of anything seen before in such a mission.

The crew decide they want to see where they are going so aerodynamic potholes are added to the cabin

An early morning test firing of the rockets leaves no doubt as to the tremendous cheese-melting thrust the newly developed power system will generate

Now all we need to know is whose shirts they will wear….