NASA decided on the moon after Obama's re-election
US Space Agency (NASA) will announce plans to build a base above the moon after President Barack Obama is re-elected for a new term.
Illustration of astronaut in Orion ship controlling robots
Self-propelled on the eternal dark half of the moon. (Photo: NASA)
NASA once announced they wanted to set up a "floating base " above the moon's eternal dark half. John Logsdon, an honorary professor at George Washington University in the US, said the Obama administration had approved the program, but before the November 6 presidential election, NASA officials did not discuss it anymore. Thinking that if Mitt Romney won the election, he would cancel the show, Space reported.
"They postponed the announcement of ambition to build a base on the dark side of the moon until after the presidential election, because Romney had promised that he would reevaluate and change NASA's goals and orientations." , Logsdon said.
President Obama once directed NASA to bring astronauts to a meteorite near the globe in 2025 and to Mars after 2030. To explore such distant celestial bodies, NASA is building rockets. Big push (named SLS) and a new type of spacecraft (called Orion). As planned, the Orion spacecraft will begin operating from 2021.
But last year, some sources in NASA revealed that the agency wanted to build a base above the dark half of the moon. Astronauts on the base can assist in the exploration of the moon. The base could also serve as a stepping stone for NASA to make flights to reach further destinations, such as Mars.
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