NASA Intends to Build a Base on the Moon by the 2030s -- Here's Why

Artemis: NASA wants to build a base on the Moon by 2030

The next U.S. trip to the Moon isn’t about planting a flag. It’s about learning how to live and work there. NASA has just reset its Artemis program, marking a clear strategic shift: Space exploration is moving away from a race to achieve milestones and toward a system built on repeated operations, a sustained presence and lunar infrastructure that could become part of the technology networks we rely on here on Earth. That shift is reflected in n…

NASA unveils plans for permanent £15,000,000,000 base on the Moon

A concept image of NASA’s Fission Surface Power Project – which aims to create reactors that could power off-world bases (Picture: NASA/Cover Media) NASA has revealed new plans for establishing a base on the Moon which will cost an estimated $20 billion (£15 billion). The agency’s chief Jared Isaacman outlined the strategy at an event in Washington DC last week, marking the first time a clear timeline and roadmap have been presented for building…

NASA intends to build a base on the moon by the 2030s -- here's why

NASA wants to build a base on the moon by the 2030s, a University of Mississippi professor explains how and why it wants a long‑term lunar presence.

NASA wants to build a base on the Moon by the 2030s – how and why it plans to build up to a long-term lunar presence

NASA's Space Launch System rocket that will take an astronaut crew around the Moon rolls out to the launchpad. Joel Kowsky/NASA via Getty ImagesThe next U.S. trip to the Moon isn’t about planting a flag. It’s about learning how to live and work there. NASA has just reset its Artemis program, marking a clear strategic shift: Space exploration is moving away from a race to achieve milestones and toward a system built on repeated operations, a sust…

NASA wants to build a base on the Moon by the 2030s – how and why it plans to build up to a long‑term lunar presence

NASA’s Space Launch System rocket that will take an astronaut crew around the Moon rolls out to the launchpad. Joel Kowsky/NASA via Getty Images Michelle L.D. Hanlon, University of Mississippi The next U.S. trip to the Moon isn’t about planting a flag. It’s about learning how to live and work there. NASA has just reset its Artemis program, marking a clear strategic shift: Space exploration is moving away from a race to achieve milestones and tow…

NASA wants to build a base on the Moon by the 2030s – how and why it plans to build up to a long‑term lunar presence

by Michelle L.D. Hanlon, University of Mississippi, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The next U.S. trip to the Moon isn’t about planting a flag. It’s about learning how to live and work there. NASA has just reset its Artemis program, marking a clear strategic shift: Space exploration is moving away from a race to achieve milestones and toward a system built on repeated operations, a sustained presenc…