Web Desk: The dream of humans living beyond Earth is moving closer to reality. NASA has announced a bold new roadmap that includes building a permanent base on the Moon and launching a nuclear-powered mission to Mars.
At a high-profile event, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman unveiled a $20 billion plan to construct a lunar base over the next seven years.
The initiative is part of a broader push to establish a sustained human presence on the Moon, a long-standing goal that gained momentum during the presidency of Donald Trump.
NASA aims to return humans to the Moon through its Artemis 2 mission—the first crewed lunar mission in over 50 years.
The agency framed the plan as a response to intensifying global competition in space, particularly from China, which is targeting a human Moon landing by 2030 and its own lunar base.
NASA says the new program is essential to maintaining US leadership in space exploration.
