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NASA Unveils Strategy for Return to the Moon

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the why-buy-one-when-you-could-buy-two-at-twice-the-price dept.

mknewman writes to tell us that NASA recently announced plans to build a permanent base on the moon by 2024. The (still tentative) plans call for building the base on one of the moon's poles, which constantly receive light from the sun and have less temperature fluctuation. This base will start small in 2020 and grow over time with the hopes of eventually supporting 180-day stays and providing a jumping-off point to Mars."

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  1. Analysis of launch architecture; critiques by FleaPlus · · Score: 5, Informative

    Coincidentally, a pretty good article analyzing the planned launch architecture was published yesterday. Here's the link.

    Additionally, aerospace engineer Jonathan Goff over at Selenian Boondocks has a post titled Lunar Much Sooner (and Better) which discusses a number of alternatives to NASA's current plan.

    Finally, Selenian Boondocks also has another post about some things revealed by one of the architects of NASA's plans, suggesting that several of the design constraints imposed on the architecture may be somewhat dubious, (arguably) making the whole project much more expensive and unsustainable.