Nasa plans another giant step for mankind
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It looks as if Arthur C Clarke's predictions have come true again. More than 50 years after the science fiction writer wrote of a permanent base on the Moon that could form a gateway to the solar system, such a project is about to become a reality.
The American space agency Nasa has announced that by 2020, human beings will be back on the Moon and preparing to occupy a permanent lunar headquarters from which further exploratory ventures, including trips to Mars, will be staged. The project, a collaborative effort involving 14 of the world's space agencies but led by Nasa, will put humans back on the Moon for the first time since the last Apollo mission in 1972.
This time they will be equipped with far more than flags, golf balls and a Moon car and will spend periods of up to six months 'living off the land', conducting research, developing a 'lunar economy' and planning missions to Mars.
'Humans explore and this is the next frontier for us,' said Michael Braukus, a Nasa spokesman. 'First we will explore the Moon and develop our expertise with regards to living on a foreign body and then go for Mars.'
It looks as if Arthur C Clarke's predictions have come true again. More than 50 years after the science fiction writer wrote of a permanent base on the Moon that could form a gateway to the solar system, such a project is about to become a reality.The American space agency Nasa has announced that by 2020, human beings will be back on the Moon and preparing to occupy a permanent lunar headquarters from which further exploratory ventures, including trips to Mars, will be staged. The project, a collaborative effort involving 14 of the world's space agencies but led by Nasa, will put humans back on the Moon for the first time since the last Apollo mission in 1972.
This time they will be equipped with far more than flags, golf balls and a Moon car and will spend periods of up to six months 'living off the land', conducting research, developing a 'lunar economy' and planning missions to Mars.
'Humans explore and this is the next frontier for us,' said Michael Braukus, a Nasa spokesman. 'First we will explore the Moon and develop our expertise with regards to living on a foreign body and then go for Mars.'
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