of astronauts will live on the moon by 2030, according to NASA
“We will return to the Moon (…) to learn how to live on the Moon, in order to prepare to send humans to Mars,” the head of NASA announced on Sunday.
Live and work on the moon. This is what NASA is proposing, and more specifically, the director of the US space agency’s Lunar Orion Program, Howard Hu. In an interview with the BBC on Sunday, November 20, the world returned to Artemis mission 1.
a “Historic day for space exploration“He greeted Howard Hu, who is taking off the huge rocket.”The first step towards long-term space exploration, not only for the United States, but for the entire world“.
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“We’re going back to the moon, we’re working on a sustainable program and this is the vehicle that will get people back to the moon again»And the he added. According to the scientist, the men will live on the satellite of the Earth from “This contract“.
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Mars target
After several delays, the world’s most powerful rocket took off last Wednesday, November 16, from Florida. After this first mission, Artémis 2 will take astronauts around the Moon in 2024 without landing. Then Artemis 3 will announce the return of man to the satellite in 2025.
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Then NASA plans one mission each year to build a space station in orbit around the moon and a base at its south pole. This project should prepare a manned flight to Mars, at the end of the 30s of the last century.We will go back to the moon (…) to learn how to live on the moon, in order to prepare ourselves to send humans to MarsNASA Administrator Bill Nelson said in a press conference after the launch of the huge rocket.
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