NASA is accelerating plans to return to the Moon by 2028 for the first time since 1972 and claim that they will be there 'to stay'.
The aerospace agency's head Jim Bridenstine said they plan to make the moon sustainable for humans so they can go back and forth regularly.
Commander Gene Cernan was the eleventh and last man to walk on the lunar surface during the Apollo 17 mission 47 years ago.
President Trump said in 2017 that he wants to return Americans to the lunar surface and establish a foundation there for an eventual mission to Mars.
As a way-station for trips to and from the lunar surface, NASA want to build a space station, dubbed Gateway, in the Moon's orbit by 2026.
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NASA is accelerating plans to return to the Moon by 2028 for the first time since 1972 and claim that when they do, they will be there 'to stay'. The aerospace agency's head Jim Bridenstine, here, said they plan to make the moon sustainable for humans so they can go back
The plan is to have the next man on the moon by 2028 adding that it's important that they get back 'as fast as possible,' he said at NASA's Washington headquarters.
'This time, when we go to the Moon, we're actually going to stay. We're not going to leave flags and footprints and then come home to not go back for another 50 years.
'We're doing it entirely different than every other country in the world. What we're doing is, we're making it sustainable so you can go back and forth regularly with humans.'
Although to make all this as process as quick as possible, Mr Bridenstine said that the agency wishes to work with private space companies.
Before humans return, NASA aims to land an unmanned vehicle on the Moon by 2024 and are now inviting bids from the private sector to build the probe.
They have pitched for ventures to build hardware, according to a document called the Broad Agency Announcement, a notice from the government that requests scientific proposals from private firms.
An artist’s conception shows astronauts standing next to a descent module with its ascent module stacked on top. (NASA Illustration) Mr Bridenstine said that the agency wishes to speed up the process by working with private space companies
An artist’s conception shows the space platform known as the Gateway in lunar orbit. (NASA Illustration) The agency wants to build a small space station, dubbed Gateway, in the Moon's orbit by 2026 which will serve as a way-station for trips to and from the lunar surface
The procurement plan calls for companies to propose concepts for a descent module, a space refueling system and a transfer vehicle by March 25th.
SpaceX’s billionaire founder, Elon Musk, has said Starship could be ready for trips around the moon and journeys to Mars by the mid-2020s.
But at the moment, Starship doesn’t fit the specifications laid out in the Broad Agency Announcement.
The first selection is due in May, a tight timeline for an agency whose past projects have run years behind schedule and billions over budget.
'For us, if we had any wish, I would like to fly this calendar year. We want to go fast,' said Thomas Zurbuchen, the associate administrator of NASA's Science Mission Directorate.
Commander Gene Cernan was the eleventh and last man to walk on the lunar surface during the Apollo 17 mission 47 years ago. Here, Apollo 17 Mission Commander Eugene Cernan during the final manned mission to the moon, standing near the lunar rover and the US flag during a spacewalk on the moon in 1972
Earthrise over the moon: This view was taken by astronauts during the Apollo 10 mission in 1969. Jim Bridenstine, NASA's administrator, said that the agency will speed up plans backed by President Donald Trump to return to the moon, using private companies
However, he conceded that they 'may not be able to.'
NASA plans to build a small space station, dubbed Gateway, in the Moon's orbit by 2026 which will serve as a way-station for trips to and from the lunar surface.
However, this will not be permanently crewed like the International Space Station (ISS), currently in Earth's orbit.
As with the ISS, NASA would seek the participation of other countries, who could provide some of the necessary needed, such as modules for the Moon station or vehicles to allow landings on the surface.
NASA plans to build a small space station, dubbed Gateway, in the Moon's orbit by 2026 which will serve as a way-station for trips to and from the lunar surface. However, this will not be permanently crewed like the International Space Station (ISS), currently in Earth's orbit
'We want numerous providers competing on cost and innovation,' Mr Bridenstine said.
The agency is also calling for quick-turnaround bids to manufacture and launch such instruments, offering financial incentives to make it happen fast.
'We care about speed,' said Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator of NASA's Science Mission Directorate.
'We do not expect that every one of those launches or every one of those landings will be successful. We are taking risks.'
In January, a Chinese spacecraft made the first-ever landing on the far side of the moon. China said in 2017 it is also making preparations to send a person to the moon.
WHAT WAS THE APOLLO 17 MOON ROVER?
The Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) was an electric vehicle designed to operate in the low-gravity vacuum of the moon and to traversing the lunar surface, allowing the Apollo astronauts to extend the range of their surface extravehicular activities.
Three of them were driven on the moon - one on Apollo 15 by astronauts David Scott and Jim Irwin, one on Apollo 16 by John Young and Charles Duke, and one on Apollo 17 by Gene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt.
The Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) was an electric vehicle designed to operate in the low-gravity vacuum of the moon and to traversing the lunar surface, allowing the Apollo astronauts to extend the range of their surface extravehicular activities
On Apollo 17 the rover went 35.9 km in 4 hours 26 minutes total drive time.
The longest traverse was 20.1 km and the greatest range from the LM was 7.6 km.
The Lunar Roving Vehicle had a mass of 210 kg and was designed to hold a payload of an additional 490 kg on the lunar surface.
The frame was made of aluminum and the chassis was hinged in the center so it could be folded up and hung in the Lunar Module quad 1 bay
The frame was 3.1 meters long with a wheelbase of 2.3 meters, and was 1.14m high.
The frame was made of aluminum and the chassis was hinged in the center so it could be folded up and hung in the Lunar Module quad 1 bay.
It had two side-by-side foldable seats made of tubular aluminum with nylon webbing and aluminum floor panels.
An armrest was mounted between the seats, and each seat had adjustable footrests and a velcro seatbelt.
A large mesh dish antenna was mounted on a mast on the front center of the rover.
A T-shaped hand controller situated between the two seats controlled the four drive motors, two steering motors and brakes.
Harrison Schmitt of Apollo 17 said, '....the Lunar Rover proved to be the reliable, safe and flexible lunar exploration vehicle we expected it to be.
'Without it, the major scientific discoveries of Apollo 15, 16, and 17 would not have been possible; and our current understanding of lunar evolution would not have been possible.'
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