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ScienceJun 10, 2026

New Glenn forced an explosive rewrite for NASA’s plans to build a moon base

New Glenn forced an explosive rewrite for NASA’s plans to build a moon base
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New Glenn forced an explosive rewrite for NASA's plans to build a moon base.

New Glenn forced an explosive rewrite for NASA's plans to build a moon base NASA unveiled plans in March to develop a lunar base as part of its "Ignition" event that outlined the agency's new direction in human spaceflight.

The plans, though, were rather notional: a three-phase effort to set up a base in the south polar region of the moon spanning more than a decade and costing more than $30 billion.

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