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NASA prioritizes a permanent moon base after a first landing in 2028
NASA unveiled a plan this Tuesday to establish a permanent base on the moon in seven years, an ambitious roadmap that for now excludes space stations and requires an intense schedule of manned landings to begin in 2028, something no nation has attempted in half a century. EFE The [...]
TL;DR
- NASA plans to establish a permanent moon base within seven years.
- The plan requires a continuous schedule of manned lunar landings starting in 2028.
- The project will involve three permanent habitats, rovers, and a nuclear fission reactor.
- The Gateway space station project will be paused to focus on the lunar base.
- The Artemis II and Artemis IV missions are critical first steps.
- NASA will collaborate with Lockheed Martin, SpaceX, and Blue Origin for transport and landing vehicles.
- The initiative is part of a strategy to promote the private sector in space projects.
- China also aims to land astronauts on the moon before 2030.