With the Artemis 2 around-the-moon launch just eight days away, NASA announced ambitious long-range plans Tuesday to spend $20 billion over the next seven years to build a moon base near the lunar south pole featuring habitats, pressurized rovers and nuclear power systems.
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman kicked off a series of meetings with contractors at NASA Headquarters in Washington saying h...
**Steelman:** NASA’s revised Artemis plan represents a bold strategic shift toward sustainable lunar exploration, leveraging commercial partnerships and repurposed hardware to achieve long-term goals. The agency deserves credit for adapting to past failures—acknowledging inefficiencies, trimming bureaucratic waste, and refocusing on surface operations over orbital waypoints. The emphasis on nuclear power and phased infrastructure development reflects a pragmatic approach to deep-space habitation...