🌛✨The first settlement on the moon may appear within 10 years, NASA told about its plans
NASA's acting administrator Sean Duffy said:
NASA plans to build the first settlement on the moon by 2035.
He said that the project is an infrastructure for permanent residence of people.
In a recent experiment, astronauts on the ISS practised cement mixing techniques to test how well they work in conditions outside of Earth's gravity.
The first stage will be the Artemis II mission, scheduled for 2025. Four astronauts will fly around the moon to test the Orion spacecraft and the SLS missile. In 2027, the Artemis III mission will land two astronauts in the area of the South Pole of the moon, where they will stay for about a week. The SpaceX Starship will be used for landing.
By 2035, NASA wants to deploy a permanent base on the moon. If it succeeds, it will be a new era in the exploration of space.
In a statement, NASA representatives noted that one of the options for building a lunar base could be "using a microgravity medium to mix lunar soil with other materials in order to make cement and build habitable structures on the moon."
If this proves feasible, the base could be printed on a 3D printer by machines sent to the moon on rockets, using only the lunar soil and water found at the South Pole.
