NASA Chief Expects Permanent Base on Moon as Soon as Early 2030s

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman said the agency will begin building a moon base with near-monthly robotic landings starting in 2027, with astronauts potentially living on the lunar surface for months at a time by the early 2030s.

By the time Artemis 4 astronauts land in 2028, “they’re going to already have some infrastructure of the moon base waiting for them,” Isaacman said Wednesday in a Bloomberg Television interview. NASA has tapped Blue Origin and other contractors to deliver landers and rovers as part of a three-phase strategy to lay the groundwork for crewed missions.

The approach ...