Destination: Moon
This isn’t as much related to aviation as it is to space exploration, but I thought it was just too awesome to let pass by.
NASA announced Monday it will establish an international base camp on one of the moon’s poles, permanently staffing it by 2024, four years after astronauts return to the moon.
It is a sweeping departure from the Apollo moon missions of the 1960s and represents a new phase of space exploration after space shuttles are retired in 2010.
After consulting more than 1,000 experts from 14 different countries, NASA decided on what deputy NASA chief Shana Dale called a "fundamental lunar approach" that is sharply different from its previous moon missions in nearly everything but the shape of the ship going there.
I’m extremely excited about the possibility of seeing a moon landing (and even a base!) in my lifetime. I’ve seen all the old reels of the original moon landing in 1969, but I’m sure there is something to be said for seeing it live. Go NASA!
