On Monday, November 21 at 19:30 GMT:
It’s been half a century since people final walked on the moon. Ought to we now return to remain?
It’s a prospect that’s shifting nearer to actuality as NASA’s Artemis I mission efficiently blasted off from Florida’s Cape Canaveral early Wednesday morning. The long-awaited rocket launch is the primary milestone in a three-phase plan that goals to place the primary girl and first particular person of color on the moon by 2025.
These in favour of going again to the moon say the lunar floor could possibly be used for mining minerals and frozen water – creating totally new industries and a possible increase for personal aerospace firms.
Each the US and China are racing to construct the primary everlasting lunar base that may be used as a launching website for the exploration of Mars. Whereas China and Russia are working collectively to construct 5 moon bases within the coming years, not less than 20 international locations have sided with the US in creating moral tips for the exploration and use of the moon.
All of those formidable targets level in the direction of humanity’s eventual multiplanetary future – a situation that raises each pleasure and anxiousness from some within the aerospace neighborhood.
On this episode of The Stream, we’ll take a look at future plans for the moon.