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NASA plans to put a base on the moon by 2020
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/space/2006-12-04-nasa-moon-base_x.htm
By Traci Watson, USA TODAY
WASHINGTON — NASA plans to surpass the Apollo missions by establishing a base on the moon that could lead to a permanent human presence on the lunar surface, space agency officials said Monday.
For the first time since President Bush announced in 2004 that American astronauts would return to the moon, NASA has specified what it plans to do once there. No human has set foot on the moon since 1972. That final stay, the longest, lasted three days.
Under the plans outlined Monday, human habitation of the moon would begin in 2020 with four-person crews that would stay for a week. Visits would lengthen until astronauts could live on the base for up to six months at a stretch. This could occur as early as 2024.
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http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/space/2006-12-04-nasa-moon-base_x.htm
By Traci Watson, USA TODAY
WASHINGTON — NASA plans to surpass the Apollo missions by establishing a base on the moon that could lead to a permanent human presence on the lunar surface, space agency officials said Monday.
For the first time since President Bush announced in 2004 that American astronauts would return to the moon, NASA has specified what it plans to do once there. No human has set foot on the moon since 1972. That final stay, the longest, lasted three days.
Under the plans outlined Monday, human habitation of the moon would begin in 2020 with four-person crews that would stay for a week. Visits would lengthen until astronauts could live on the base for up to six months at a stretch. This could occur as early as 2024.
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What about the ALIEN moonbase and antennae? /ttiforum/images/graemlins/smile.gif
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