Nasa’s $20bn plan to build a ‘permanent outpost’ on the moon - The Times

Nasa’s $20bn plan to build a ‘permanent outpost’ on the moon  The Times

Nasa abandons orbital lunar station, plans moon base and nuclear spacecraft

Nasa announced on Tuesday it ⁠has cancelled plans to deploy a space station in lunar orbit and ⁠would instead use components from the project to build a US$20 billion base on the moon’s surface, while also planning to send a nuclear-powered spacecraft to Mars. US space agency chief Jared Isaacman, an appointee of US President Donald Trump who took charge at Nasa in December, announced an unprecedented array of changes to the Artemis moon programme that would expand humanity’s footprint in spa...

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NASA drops lunar space station, puts Canadian robotic arm on uncertain course - The Globe and Mail

NASA drops lunar space station, puts Canadian robotic arm on uncertain course  The Globe and Mail

NASA to build $20b moon base, pause orbital lunar station plans

NASA's chief on Tuesday said the US space agency will invest $20 billion to develop a base on the Moon, while suspending its plans to create the lunar orbital space station known as Gateway. "The agency intends to pause Gateway in its current form and shift focus to infrastructure that enables sustained surface operations," Jared Isaacman said in a statement given during a day-long event at NASA headquarters in Washington. "Despite challenges with some existing hardware, the agency will repurpos

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