NASA to spend $20 billion on Moon base
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NASA’s leadership is shaking things up, announcing a series of major changes aimed at keeping the agency on track for establishing a human presence on the Moon while getting rid of dead weight. During a full-day event on Tuesday,
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NASA is taking its next giant leap — not only to land on the moon, but to stay there.
An overhaul of NASA's priorities aims to accelerate moon missions and build a lunar base, but the shift will affect the future of Houston-led programs and commercial space stations.
NASA's Artemis 2 mission will send astronauts around the moon, paving the way for future lunar landings. See how it compares to Apollo 8.
As part of phase two, running from 2029 to 2032, NASA will seek to secure a site for a lunar base. This phase is projected to entail 27 landings with a total mass of 60 metric tons. These landed payloads would include larger, pressurized rovers, solar and nuclear power sources for surface activities, towers for communication, and excavator rovers.