NASA to spend $20 billion on Moon base
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NASA's new 'near-impossible' space plans include $20B moon base and nuclear-powered spacecraft
NASA's Gateway lunar space station won't launch in new changes to the Artemis program, which include ramping up development of a $20 billion moon base.
NASA / JPL-Caltech NASA has big, potentially revolutionary plans coming up. On March 24, the agency announced that it wants to send a nuclear-powered spacecraft to Mars by the end of 2028. If successful,
The spacecraft will deliver NASA's Skyfall payload, which is a group of helicopters designed to find subsurface water on Mars.
Women are leading the way for NASA's Dragonfly Mission to Saturn's largest moon, Titan. The mission is set to launch in 2028.
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.
The U.S. space agency will aim to send a nuclear-powered spacecraft to Mars—a first—in a bid to show that nuclear propulsion can be used to send missions into deep space