NASA to spend $20 billion on a moon base
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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
NASA, concerned about slow development of commercial markets, is considering revamping its strategy for the creation of commercial space stations.
The agency’s leader said new plans and timelines for the coming decade aim to create a permanent foothold by humans on another world and inspire Americans.
NASA plans to invest $20 billion over the next seven years to develop a base on the surface of the moon, the latest major strategy shakeup aimed at enabling humans to live on the lunar surface long-term.
Faced with the imminent retirement of the International Space Station, NASA is pushing to speed up work on its potential replacements
The space rock is hurtling through our cosmic backyard at a speed of some 11,453 miles per hour, according to the space agency.
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.