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NASA funds moon projects to help missions to ‘live off the land’ (www.msn.com)

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NASA took a significant step Tuesday toward allowing humans on the moon to “live off the land,” awarding several contracts to build landing pads, roads and habitats on the lunar surface, use nuclear power for energy, and even lay a high-voltage power line over half a mile.

In all, the agency is investing a total of $150 million, while the 11 companies that received awards are required to invest their own money to pay at least 10 to 25 percent of their projects’ costs.

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[–] zhunk@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's cool to see a focus on infrastructure. It still doesn't seem like there's a great financial reason for a Lunar surface base, but at least some of these infrastructure projects will help expand mid-term surface operations.

[–] Sephtis-6@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

The financial interest will be tourism for rich people. And then later maybe for the middle class