NASA to Spend $20 Billion on Moon Base, Create Mars Craft (3)

NASA plans to invest $20 billion over the next seven years to develop a base on the surface of the moon, the latest major strategy shakeup aimed at enabling humans to live on the lunar surface long-term.

NASA administrator Jared Isaacman and other agency officials laid out the framework Tuesday in Washington, DC, at a meeting with partners and contractors involved in the Artemis program, the agency’s lunar program, as well as US representatives and international government officials.

In addition to the moon base plans, NASA also announcedthat it would develop an entirely new spacecraft to reach Mars. Both ...