Nasa Unveils Next Steps to Build Permanent Moon Base

Wednesday, May 27, 2026

Nasa has released details of robotic landers, hopping drones and vehicles it aims to send to the Moon as part of US plans to build a lunar base.

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The space agency outlined the first phase of its moon base plans on Tuesday, awarding hundreds of millions of dollars in contracts to four U.S. companies. n.pr/4uStRwN

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-- NPR (@npr.org) 2:53 AM Â· May 27, 2026

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The Moon?

Why not Mars or Venus?

#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-05-26 10:15 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

Why not Mars or Venus?

Even the mighty Elon has given up on a Mars base.

#2 | Posted by REDIAL at 2026-05-26 10:18 PM | Reply

How they gonna deal with no atmosphere? www.youtube.com</a>"www.youtube.com/a"www.youtube.com/a"www.youtube.com/a" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen>

#3 | Posted by hamburglar at 2026-05-26 11:56 PM | Reply

^dang embed,

youtu.be

#4 | Posted by hamburglar at 2026-05-26 11:57 PM | Reply

How they gonna deal with no atmosphere?

#3 | Posted by hamburglar

As Matt Damon's astronaut character said when discovering he's on his own, "I'm gonna have to science the ------ out of this."

#5 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2026-05-28 12:02 AM | Reply

PS - I'd like Elon Musk to be Mars Citizen #1 ... and stay there!

#6 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2026-05-28 12:03 AM | Reply

As for me, an oldster...I love NASA, but until they fix the coming SS shortfall, and other FDR safety net programs, I see no need to spend billions to such an excursion.

#7 | Posted by Hughmass at 2026-05-28 07:49 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

We should send all MAGA'ts on a one way trip to the moon including Orange Adolf and his spawn.

#8 | Posted by a_monson at 2026-05-28 08:29 AM | Reply

The little cynic who lives in me head is raging that Elon is running a grift on the US Government on this situation. The bigger question: why, with a war going on, farmer struggling, a pandemic two steps from our front door, and a mentally ill president is this country spending money on another moon shot? Asking for a country at risk...

#9 | Posted by catdog at 2026-05-28 08:30 AM | Reply

We're going bankrupt as a country that has hungry children and we're wasting money on moon madness that will enrich mega-oligarchs Felon Musk and Jeff Bezos.

But hey, let's watch the UFC together!

#10 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-05-28 08:54 AM | Reply

#9 and 10

Took the words outta my mouth.
How about we build a few soup kitchens or tiny houses...
but Whitey's on the Moon.

#11 | Posted by TFDNihilist at 2026-05-28 11:01 AM | Reply