Reasons For NASA’s Desire To Reoccupy The Moon

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In a matter of weeks, NASA will make its first trip back to the Moon in half a century with the launch of the ARTEMIS 1 mission

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NASA administrator Bill Nelson remarked, “That voyage, our adventure, begins with artemis 1”

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2024, four astronauts are scheduled to do a flyby of the moon during the first crewed mission

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Then in 2025 or 2026, artemis 3 will make the first lunar landing since 1972, and a woman will be among its participants

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Artemis is a costly program that has been in development since 2017 and has so far burned almost $40 billion

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Even though there won’t be any real passengers on board Artemis 1, the capsule will bring along three lifelike dummies

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A total of ten CubeSats, each about the size of a shoebox will be sent into space as part of the project

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Falcon Heavy, SpaceX’s most powerful rocket, will carry both into orbit in late 2024

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Artemis should expand upon Apollo’s successes by just leaving “flags and footprints” on the lunar surface. 

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