Similar to many times in the past, NASA has announced plans for another moon mission. This time, scientists have intentions to create a permanent base on the moon. And with Trump's addition of $1.6 billion, this one is looking more likely to be built. Especially with the technological advances we have and the amount of progress made so far, I do have faith they'll pull it off this time. At least, sometime in my lifetime. So here's ten facts about the base.
- It's currently been almost forty-five years since the last time USA was in space with Apollo 17 which went up December 7-19, 1972.
- In Greek mythology, Artemis is Apollo's twin brother. And as NASA plans to put the first woman on the moon, the shuttle was named after Artemis.
- Women like Eileen Collins and Kalpana Chawla have been up in space and manned a shuttle, but NASA plans to pick a woman to walk on the actual moon
- There are plans to send up two robots to the moon to build a sustainable, permanent base by 2024.
- NASA plans to explore the Lunar South Pole.
- China also has plans to explore the moon and build a research center around the Lunar South Pole as well.
- China plans on launching the building blocks of their base in 2020.
- The base itself will be called The Gateway, as it's a symbolization of human advancement.
- The Gateway shall be used to eventually branch out and one day build a similar base on Mars in the 2030s.
- While The Gateway is young, it will only be used by four researchers in 30-day intervals.
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