NASA: builds a village in the Moon by 2035

Is the day we move to the moon? Rather, because Sean Duffy, NASA Administrator, revealed the plans for the construction of a Sustainable and permanent prison on the surface of the Moon in the next decade.

Mr. Duffy participated in panels in International Aeronautics Conference (IAC) to Sydneytogether with the heads of other international space organizations.

During the discussion he said: ‘We will have a constant human presence on the Moon. Not just a prison, but a village“

As early as February next year, NASA will launch the shipment Artemis IIsending four astronauts on the first trip to the Moon for over 50 years.

Although the ARTEMIS II mission will not land, NASA’s ultimate goal is to create a permanent base on the Moon. This base will probably be nuclear -powered, it will be able to house astronauts on a permanent basis and will be made of materials on the surface of the Moon.

This year’s IAC theme was’Sustainable Space: Durable land“, Which Mr. Duffy interpreted as how the Nasa can maintain life in space.

While heads of European, Canadian and Japanese services talked about how their satellites help climate research, NASA focused solely on space exploration.

In addition to his plans for the Moon, Mr. Duffy also made bold statements about the American ambitions on Mars.

When asked what he would consider to be a success for NASA in a decade, he replied that the service would have “leaps to our mission to reach Mars” and predicted that the US would be “one step before they put human feet on Mars”.

NASA’s most immediate goal, however, is to return people to the Moon for the first time after the end of missions Apollo In 1972.

During the ARTEMIS II mission in February, astronauts will test the new rocket Space Launch System and the boat Orionwhich will eventually carry people to the Moon.

Within 10 days, the crew will travel 9,200 km beyond the Moon, testing the systems and collecting data on their bodies’ reactions before returning to Earth.

The ARTEMIS III Shipment The First Big Step

But the big test will come in 2027 with the shipment Artemis IIIwhich plans to land two astronauts near the South Pole of the Moon.

Unlike Apollo missions, which remained up to 22 hours on the surface, Artemis III will require astronauts to live there about seven days. The data collected for geology and conditions in the area will be used to prepare a permanent base. Although the technical details remain unclear, the picture of how the base looks like it begins to shape.

In August, Mr Duffy signed a directive calling on the US to become the first country to install a nuclear reactor on the Moon.

A reactor that proves to be useful there could also be used on future missions to Mars, where people should remain for long periods of time.

NASA has also begun research on base construction materials. In a recent experiment, astronauts at the International Space Station have tested cement mixing techniques to see how they work out of earth gravity. In a statement, NASA officials said that one option could be the use of lunar dust mixed with other materials for the production of cement and the construction of habitable structures on the Moon.

If this proves to be possible, the base could be printed on 3D by machinery that would be sent with rockets, using exclusively lunar soil and water from the South Pole.

Despite fears that President Donald Trump would lose his interest in missions to the Moon, NASA has adopted a more and more bold stance on exploring the moon. In a recent statement, Duffy said NASA would “win the second space race” against China via the Artemis program.