A continuation of the previous boast.
WASHINGTON: The National Aeronautic and Space Administration has announced plans for a permanent base on the moon, to be started soon after astronauts return there around 2020.
The agency’s deputy administrator, Shana Dale, said Monday that the United States would develop rockets and spacecraft to get people to the moon and establish a rudimentary base. There, other countries and commercial interests could expand the outpost to develop scientific and other interests, she said.
Dale and other NASA officials said the agency envisioned a base at one of the lunar poles, to take advantage of the near-constant sunlight for solar-power generation, and giving it an “open architecture” design to which others can add the capabilities they want.
Scott Horowitz, NASA’s associate administrator for exploration, said crews of four astronauts would make weeklong missions to the moon starting around 2020. As more equipment was set up, stays would eventually grow to 180 days, and become permanent by 2024. By 2027, officials said, a pressurized roving vehicle on the surface would take people on expeditions far from the base.
Groonk + NASA = Believe It + See It
Someone check me on that. my math/formula might be wrong.
In the meantime, I will try to keep my incontinence in check when 2024 rolls around.
