United States Space Agency (NASA) states that human beings can begin to live, live, work moon in the future. When is it?
Howard Hu, who leads NASA’s Orion space program, said he will send people to the moon first to do scientific research so that the 2030s are habitable.
“We’ll get people to the surface and they’ll stay on the surface and do science,” Howard said BBC.
Quoted from ScienceAlertlast week NASA successfully launched its SLS space launch system or rocket and sent the Orion spacecraft towards the Moon.
The launch, which has been repeatedly postponed, kicked off NASA’s Artemis mission, which is the first step towards returning humans to the moon in 50 years.
NASA last sent humans to the Moon on the Apollo 17 mission, in December 1972. Since then, there have been no more sending missions because the costs were so high.
However, NASA intends to send humans to the moon again in 2025. The Orion plane itself does not carry humans, but a series of objects.
These objects were brought in to see the impact of radiation on humans and to “warm up” for sending humans on the next Artemis mission. Currently, the Orion spacecraft is still on its way to the Moon.
NASA targets landing at the South Pole of the Moon. The reason is that NASA expects the area to contain water capable of supporting the life and work of astronauts on their next mission.
“This is the first step we have taken for long-term space exploration, not only for the United States but also for the world,” said Hu.
Later the Orion plane will return to Earth with a set of samples. This is one of the crucial phases of the Artemis 1 mission.
Orion will re-enter Earth’s atmosphere at a speed of 38,000 km/hour, or 32 times faster than the speed of light. Single-sided protection will reach temperatures close to 3,000 degrees Celsius.
If the safety components of Artemis and its systems have been tested and proven to work, Hu said the plan to bring humans to live on Mars will happen “within this decade”.
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