Washington, May 27 (IANS) NASA’s vision for returning humans to the Moon no longer resembles the brief Apollo-era visits of flags, footprints and hurried science experiments.Instead, the US space agency now talks openly about building something closer to a functioning lunar settlement — complete with roads, drones, robotic vehicles, power grids, communication networks and eventually astronauts living and working across vast stretches of the Moon’s South Pole.At NASA Headquarters on Tuesday…
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Washington, May 27 (IANS) NASA unveiled an aggressive roadmap to establish a permanent Moon Base at the lunar South Pole, awarding new contracts for lunar terrain vehicles, cargo landers and drone missions as the US space agency accelerated preparations for long-duration human presence on the Moon and eventual missions to Mars.“The Moon Base will be America’s and humanity’s first outpost on another celestial world,” NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman said during a news conference at NASA …