What will NASA's moon base look like? As the US space agency reveals plans to build a $20 billion lunar 'city' by 2032, experts reveal how it could take shape

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[algore]

NASA has unveiled plans to construct a $20 billion moon base by 2032, giving humans their first permanent outpost on another celestial body.

But what will this 'city' on our lunar satellite look like?

The lunar outpost will initially be fairly basic, using a simple collapsible structure carried all the way from Earth.

However, as NASA's presence becomes more permanent, the small camp will soon expand into a sprawling modular metropolis.

Dr Simeon Barber, a lunar scientist from the Open University, told the Daily Mail that Antarctic research stations are a good comparison for NASA's moon base.

Just like a home on the moon, these remote habitats need to be self–sufficient, built with materials carried over long journeys, and to protect their inhabitants from harsh conditions.

But Dr Barber says that a moon base will also require 'specific requirements stemming from the unique circumstances at the moon'.

This means that NASA's moon base will probably end up as a widely spread collection of prefabricated modules, sprawling over hundreds of square miles.

On Tuesday, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman laid out the agency's three–stage plan to build a permanent presence on the moon.

Between autumn this year and 2029, the agency will oversee up to 21 lunar landings to deliver scientific equipment and robotic scouts.

A fleet of MoonFall helicopter drones and uncrewed rovers will patrol the South Pole region, looking for sources of water and an ideal location for human settlement.

Between 2029 and 2032, the first humans will start to arrive, establishing basic infrastructure, habitation, and power supplies.

Finally, in 2032, NASA will move into the final stage of permanent occupation, establishing a full–time moon base with regular crew rotations and resupply landings.

Speaking at a press conference, Mr Isaacman identified the biggest challenge as the moon's astonishingly harsh conditions.

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TOPICS: Heated Discussion
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[algore]

LOL Sound Transit in Seattle is going to end up spending $185 Billion an light rail train, and the Nasa peeps think they can build a city on the Moon for $20?

I really think they all need drug testing, and that I need some of what they are smoking

[PGR88]

Woke Fed.gov parasites will want to name it George Floydville.

[Carriage Hill]

Better apply to the CCP Moon Base Dept, for a permit, as they’ll own the moon by the time we get there in 2032.

[Salman]

Wasn’t this or something like it already on the drawing board when the Apollo program was canceled?

[simpson96]

Send AOC there.

[wally_bert]

Gerry and Sylvia Anderson had ideas.

[Bob434]

Yep- bet it will be a liberal lunar hell-hole, but maybe if enough lunatics/ err, liberals migrate there- earff will be the better for it

[BipolarBob]

As long as I get to build my lunar theme park, I’m good with it.

[ClearCase_guy]

Elon Musk is involved in the following industries:
Solar power
Driverless cars
Robots
AI and data centers
Boring (tunneling) technology

Apparently this is all aimed at eventual Mars habitation, but the Moon is a fine place to practice. I think tunneling under the surface is a better idea than “a widely spread collection of prefabricated modules, sprawling over hundreds of square miles.”

NASA may be thinking about living on the surface, but surviving the harsh conditions with automation and tunnels is the smarter and cheaper way to go.

[algore]

for only $5 million dollars I will provide Nasa plans and a scale model of moon base alpha (some assembly required)

[allendale]

An inquiring taxpayer may want to ask what is the return on this huge investment?

[Sicon]

I'm only going there if it looks like this:

[Sicon]

Beat me to it by less than two minutes!

[Magnum44]

I really dont care what it looks like on the outside. Just so long as inside it ooks like this...

[real saxophonist]

I'm only going there if the women look like this:

[Fungi]

$40 trillion in debt, cannot [will not] balance the budget, countless useless federal agencies, endless giveaways, and yet a proposal to spend $20 billion on a public works project to keep NASA in business. Scotty, beam me up!!!!

[equaviator]

They’re gonna need their own local news station, anchors and reporters up there.

[Reily]

A lunar base on the surface is going to have a meteor problem.
The moon gets struck more then the earth. Primarily that’s because without an atmosphere small meteors don’t burn up. They hit the surface.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBMxgyCpKnc

You can find other videos on youtube.

[Sicon]

No need. We already have lots of them down here! (Though honestly, do we need more than one?)

[Secret Agent Man]

Colored hair like that is natures warning sign.