Why?  I don’t think the government wants to build a theme park.

Secret, secret, secret. That means military and spying on people.

The Chinese have been moon-talking. The warparty is getting itchy.

Added bonus. NASA engineers and contractors don’t have to be so worried about finding water on far off worlds/finding space life to justify their jobs.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/tech/9119244/secret-nasa-plan-moon-outpost-rocket-launches/

NASA’S official plans to build a permanent base on the Moon have leaked online, revealing how and when astronauts will return to the rocky world for the first time in 50 years.

Internal documents show Nasa wants to launch 37 rockets to the Moon within the next decade, with at least five of these carrying astronauts…

The decade-long program culminates with a permanent lunar base, which Nasa wants to start building in 2028.

The plans began circulating among Nasa staff last week, according to Arstechnica’s Eric Berger…

“In the nearly two months since Pence directed Nasa to return to the Moon by 2024, space agency engineers have been working to put together a plan that leverages existing technology, large projects nearing completion, and commercial rockets to bring this about,” Berger wrote.

“Last week, an updated plan that demonstrated a human landing in 2024, annual sorties to the lunar surface thereafter, and the beginning of a Moon base by 2028, began circulating within the agency.”

Berger did not say how he obtained the plans, which have not yet been made public.

They do appear to line up with previous statements from Nasa about its lunar program, codenamed Artemis.

As with any space exploration project, the main obstacle is cash.

Nasa reckons it will need £4.5billion to £6.5billion per year on top of Nasa’s existing budget of about £16billion.

Boss Jim Bridenstine recently asked for an extra £1.3billion in fiscal year 2020 to start developing a lunar lander…

Be seeing you

Go To Mars…I Guess.