American astronauts in 2024 will take their first steps near the moon’s south pole: the land of extreme light, extreme darkness, and frozen water that could fuel NASA’s Artemis lunar base and the agency’s leap into deep space. Source: https://phys.org/news/2021-01-nasa-artemis-base-moon-elevation.html…
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Moon rocks in hand, China prepares for future moon missions
Following the successful return of moon rocks by its Chang’e 5 robotic probe, China is preparing for future missions that could set the stage for an eventual lunar base to host human explorers, a top space program official said Thursday. Source: https://phys.org/news/2020-12-moon-china-future-missions.html…
Researchers Finally Measured Radiation Levels On the Moon. They’re High.
Slashdot reader DevNull127 writes: Scientists were able to, for the first time, measure radiation levels on the lunar surface, reports UPI, and nine days ago they published their results: that the radiation levels on the moon are 200 times stronger than on earth — and 2.6 times higher than those on space station. One of the scientists behind the study calls…