NASA’s Moon Base plans take shape

Moon Base Alpha is real. The success of Artemis II’s lunar loop in April has energized plans for a permanent lunar foothold in the next decade. Once the purview of science fiction, an actual Moon Base will occupy hundreds of square miles and house future Artemis crews during long-duration stays that will fuel a lunar economy, assert America’s dominance in space, and possibly serve as a springboard to Mars. “The Moon Base will be America’s and humanity’s first outpost on another celestial w...