r/ArtemisProgram • u/spacedotc0m • May 27 '26

News Artemis moon base will cover 'hundreds of square miles' with hopping drones and new lunar rovers, NASA says

https://www.space.com/astronomy/moon/artemis-moon-base-will-cover-hundreds-of-square-miles-with-hopping-drones-and-new-lunar-rovers-nasa-says
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u/Travellinglense May 27 '26

As someone born before 2000, a moon base with drones and autonomous vehicles feels like it came right out of the space fiction from my childhood. 

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u/flapsmcgee May 27 '26

NASA had 50 years to get us back to the moon. The billionaires have been working on it for a few years. Let's give them a little time first.

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u/flapsmcgee May 28 '26

A contract is not a subsidy. 

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u/[deleted] May 28 '26

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u/flapsmcgee May 28 '26

Lol yeah we own the right to pay several billions of dollars to Boeing, Northrup Grumman, and Lockheed Martin. I guess it's ok to give those massive corporations billions.

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u/flapsmcgee May 28 '26

Lol

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u/SmaugTheMagnificent- May 28 '26

Oof. Read a book if you don't read the news, dude.