NASA Reveals Plans to Use the Moon as a Training Base for Special Forces Tasked with “Exploring” Other Planets.
The Moon will serve as a “launch pad” for NASA’s approach to Mars – (Photo: NASA).
The new office of NASA will be named “Moon to Mars,” as Mars is undoubtedly the first planet NASA aims for its personnel to set foot on.
“We are currently in a golden age of space exploration, and this office will help ensure that NASA successfully establishes a long-term presence on the Moon, which is essential for humanity’s next leaps to the Red Planet,” asserted NASA Administrator Bill Nelson.
NASA is working to establish a long-term, sustainable presence on and around the Moon through its Artemis program.
Following the Artemis 1 mission, which serves as a “prelude,” NASA is preparing for Artemis 2 with four astronauts set to orbit the Moon in 2024.
If all goes according to plan, Artemis 3 in 2025 will enable Americans to set foot on the Moon once again, this time in the vicinity of the South Pole, where significant amounts of ice may exist, providing water resources for the planned base.
NASA’s recent statement also confirms its plans to land on Mars, which they hope will become a reality by the late 2030s or early 2040s.
