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NASA Details Next Steps in Billion-Dollar Plans for Humans to Live on the Moon as Soon as the 2030s
The base would be “humanity's first outpost on another celestial world”
"This is when living and working on the Moon becomes a reality," NASA said about "humanity’s first lunar outpost."
Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin, Astrolab, Lunar Outpost and Firefly Aerospace are awarded with hundreds of millions of dollars in NASA contracts for the first phase of its moon base plans.
Dr. Simeon Barber, Senior Research Fellow at The Open University, details NASA's plans for its $20 billion moon base. The base will feature prefabricated modules and leverage lunar soil for radiation protection,
The space agency outlined the first phase of its moon base plans on Tuesday, awarding hundreds of millions of dollars in contracts to four U.S. companies.
It starts with the first privately funded lunar lander mission in history.