Nasa, Artemis and Moon
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Nasa has ripped up its Artemis Moon mission after admitting that launching every three years is causing staff to forget what to do.
NASA has abruptly said it was shaking up its Artemis lunar programme that has suffered multiple delays in recent years, a bid to ensure Americans can return to the moon's surface by 2028.
A US Senate committee has directed Nasa to begin work on a Moon base “as soon as is practicable”. Under legislation advanced by the Senate lawmakers, the outpost would serve as a science laboratory and proving ground,
Elon Musk's SpaceX company has a contract to build the lander - which will be flown to the Moon on a SpaceX Starship rocket. But delays to the Starship rocket have led Nasa to ask SpaceX for a new streamlined plan to speed a return to the Moon.
NASA has updated its Artemis programme after Artemis II delays, now aiming to deploy a 100 kWe nuclear reactor on the Moon by 2030.