Tuesday, August 4, 2026
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Will future missions to the moon be sustainable? It may depend on whom you ask

There's a new space race to the moon, and this time the ambitions are not just to visit but to stay. NASA's Artemis program aims to establish a long-term human presence on the lunar surface in the 2030s. China, India, Japan and a number of private companies all have lunar mission programs of their o...

Will future missions to the moon be sustainable? It may depend on whom you ask
Image: Phys.org
There's a new space race to the moon, and this time the ambitions are not just to visit but to stay. NASA's Artemis program aims to establish a long-term human presence on the lunar surface in the 2030s. China, India, Japan and a number of private companies all have lunar mission programs of their own.

Originally published at Phys.org

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