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NASA wants to build a base on the Moon by the 2030s – how and why it plans to build up to a long-term lunar presence

  • Written by Michelle L.D. Hanlon, Professor of Air and Space Law, University of Mississippi
NASA wants to build a base on the Moon by the 2030s – how and why it plans to build up to a long-term lunar presenceNASA's Space Launch System rocket that will take an astronaut crew around the Moon rolls out to the launchpad. Joel Kowsky/NASA via Getty Images

The next U.S. trip to the Moon isn’t about planting a flag. It’s about learning how to live and work there.

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