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NASA is working on a plan to replace its space station, but time is running out (arstechnica.com)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/spaceflight

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[–] Tar_alcaran 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Having a lab in orbit is SO much more scientifically useful than going to the moon again by reinventing the wheel-but-dumber. Unfortunately, it's not nearly as useful for political clout as dropping a few more flags. If only a fraction of the insane mountain of money for Artemis was being spent on a new station, we'd have one already.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

No way! A moon base has the potential to be a refueling station for manned Mars missions.