The space agency NASA yesterday unveiled plans to build a permanent base on the moon within 20 years that will allow humans to live there. The base will be used as a launching site for missions to Mars, as well as for analysis of the Earth from space.
This is something that I have dreamed about since I was a little boy. I would love to see it happen in my own lifetime but I am very skeptical because NASA is dependent upon their Congressional Budget which has only decreased with the years. Maybe I’m just a jaded citizen but I seriously doubt I will live to see Humankind establish any sort of permanent settlement in Space but I hope that I have to eat my words someday.
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