NASA’s Human Moon-Mars Initiative Begins 2021 With Uncertainty

Artist's concept of astronauts on the Moon.
Credit: NASA
Uncertainty surrounds NASA’s Artemis initiative as the new year begins, with the Trump administration’s directive to return to the Moon’s surface with humans by 2024 and go on to Mars by the 2030s facing cost and technical challenges. The 2024 deadline appears to have all but dissolved with passage...
Mark Carreau

Mark is based in Houston, where he has written on aerospace for more than 25 years. While at the Houston Chronicle, he was recognized by the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation in 2006 for his professional contributions to the public understanding of America's space program through news reporting.

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