Secret NASA Plans for Moon Missions Leaked Online

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This is apparently in response to comments from VP Pence that NASA should return astronauts to the moon. NASA has confirmed the authenticity of the documents.

Big takeaways:

According to this, NASA has plans to return humans to the moon by 2024.
They want to start building a moon base by 2028.

No real shocks in the document really, but still news I guess.

a reply to: face23785

dont have time to go to the link now. Is the location for the mentioned moon base already decided ? I wonder...

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I wonder that will the lunar base be on the dark side.

But something has been happening there since at least the 80s, most likely before that, and i am not talking about the landings,

Telescopes and satellites are getting pretty good now days.

Gotta' get up there and clean up some of those (staged) landing sites before anyone finds out!

JUUUUUST KIDDING!

Interesting!

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We have to compete with the Chinese!

I hope we really go. If we don't I will be pissed. As many people know "There is always something" and there is always a excuse...

a reply to: dfnj2015

No war. Just space race please. Should start setting the bar higher, mining the moon.

originally posted by: Flyingclaydisk
Telescopes and satellites are getting pretty good now days.

Gotta' get up there and clean up some of those (staged) landing sites before anyone finds out!

JUUUUUST KIDDING!

Interesting!

There was that missile NASA launched into the moon just before the Chinese decide to drop a lander on the surface. The excuse was they wanted to study the dust the missile would toss up from the impact. Ya, right!

Gonna be just like Space 1999, as long as we get a 24/7 video feed I'll be happy. I want to watch the sky and horizon as well as the surface

a reply to: LogicalGraphitti

like LBJ said I don't want to go to sleep by the light of a communist moon. LOL or at least is what he said on The Right Stuff,and of course, he was referring to a Soviet moon instead of a Beijing one.

originally posted by: dfnj2015
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We have to compete with the Chinese!

I'll rice you to the finish line.

Just joking, I like sushi rolls.. oh that's Japanese..

well I like AliExpress.

NASA has plans to return humans to the moon by 2024

originally posted by: strongfp
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No war. Just space race please. Should start setting the bar higher, mining the moon.

We can mine the sun for Helium-3 !! It is a rich source of it.

Problem is, we'd have to send them during the day, because the sun goes away at night.. but the sun is really hot during the day, so we'd die. So we'd have to send them to the moon, which is also abundant with Helium-3... But only at night, because the moon goes away when the sun comes back.

We're stuck..

originally posted by: strongfp
a reply to: dfnj2015

No war. Just space race please. Should start setting the bar higher, mining the moon.

Space race would be a #1 cause for war. Surely the Empire wants dibs first.

I honestly think there is enough out there that points to us being there, base and all, for a long long time. They can't just say so because it would expose the lie. So since this base is old news, they will make it appear as if they just built it.

originally posted by: strongfp
a reply to: dfnj2015

No war. Just space race please. Should start setting the bar higher, mining the moon.

Mine it for what? There's nothing in it's crust that isn't available for much cheaper down here.

a reply to: face23785

Helium-3 is supposed to be in abundance on the moon.

originally posted by: strongfp
a reply to: dfnj2015

No war. Just space race please.

Internet will now be closed as the truth has been spoken

originally posted by: grey580
a reply to: face23785

Helium-3 is supposed to be in abundance on the moon.

Maybe when that stuff becomes useful, but right now it's not.

a reply to: face23785

Moon rock for my new moon rock concrete driveway.

originally posted by: strongfp
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Moon rock for my new moon rock concrete driveway.

Approved!