NASA presented a plan to create a permanent base on the Moon by 2032
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NASA plans to create residential modules and infrastructure on the Moon by 2032. The cost of the project with a permanent human presence will reach 20 billion.
NASA has announced a large-scale plan to create a permanent lunar base, which is expected to become operational as early as 2032. This is reported by international media, according to UNN.
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The American space agency has already begun ordering landers, drones, and lunar rovers to implement the project. The first phase of the program will start by 2029—new technologies will be tested and the surface will be explored using MoonFall drones in the area of the Moon's South Pole.
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To deliver equipment, they plan to use landing modules from Blue Origin, Astrobotic, and Intuitive Machines.
Lunar base and habitat modules
NASA also confirmed that manned flights to the Moon will resume for the first time since 1972. The "Artemis IV" mission is scheduled for 2028, and the Artemis II mission, which took place in April, has already become the first crewed flight around the Moon in over 50 years.
In the second phase, between 2029 and 2032, they plan to build habitat modules and energy infrastructure on Earth's satellite using solar and nuclear power. After 2032, NASA wants to ensure a permanent human presence on the Moon with crew rotations through regular manned missions.
Project budget and competition with China
The project budget is estimated at $20 billion.
"Then we can say: 'Hey, we're here to stay, and we're not going to abandon this,'"
NASA also emphasized that the project should help in preparing for future manned flights to Mars. At the same time, the US is effectively competing with China, which also plans to land a human on the Moon by 2030 and create its own lunar station.