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NASA Shares Moon Base Progress, Contract Awards

SpacePolicyOnline · By Marcia Smith ·

NASA Shares Moon Base Progress, Contract Awards

The Brief

  • NASA gave another update on its Moon Base project at the MAX POWER airshow at Kennedy Space Center.
  • Billions of dollars were awarded or will soon be awarded for cargo landers, a nuclear-powered lunar rover, and launch and transportation.
  • The source excerpt is brief and does not give further contract details.

Why it matters

The contracts signal how NASA plans to build lunar infrastructure, which shapes which companies and technologies will support future Moon science missions.

Who’s affected

  • space scientists and planetary researchers
  • space engineers and lunar mission planners
  • #moon base
  • #nasa
  • #lunar exploration
  • #contracts
  • #space policy

NASA provided another update on the Moon Base project this weekend in conjunction with the MAX POWER airshow at Kennedy Space Center. Billions of dollars were awarded or soon will be for cargo landers, a nuclear-powered lunar rover, launch and transportation, as well as…

Timeline

  1. SpacePolicyOnline reports NASA's Moon Base update and contract awards shared at the MAX POWER airshow

  2. SpacePolicyOnline.com

    NASA Shares Moon Base Progress, Contract Awards

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