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Will NASA be able to establish a habitable Moon Base on the Far Side of the Moon by 2020?
Current forecast: 54% chance 
Combining all predictions, the current forecast is that this is 54% likely to happen (unchanged in last 1 day)
NASA, the American space agency, has unveiled plans for one of the largest rockets ever built to take a manned mission to the far side of the moon.
It will ferry a mother ship and lunar lander into Earth orbit to link up with a smaller rocket carrying the crew. Once united they will head for the moon where the larger ship will remain in orbit after launching the lunar lander and crew.
It will ferry a mother ship and lunar lander into Earth orbit to link up with a smaller rocket carrying the crew. Once united they will head for the moon where the larger ship will remain in orbit after launching the lunar lander and crew.
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As reported by AP, MSNBC, and CNN, as well as other mainstream news organizations
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score: 10
UPI 22 hours ago
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency says it will honor Armadillo Aerospace of Rockwall, Texas, as winner of the 2008 Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge. The recognition ceremony is scheduled Friday at the National Aeronautics
score: 10
The Hindu 1 day ago
by India. The country was looking at having manned lunar presence by 2020 plus and a mission to Mars by 2030, he said. He said there had been a renewed interest in moon mission with US, Russia, Japan and China planning one. The long term objective of the
score: 10
Reuters UK 1 day ago
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - The space shuttle Endeavour left orbit on Sunday after a marathon mission to prepare the International Space Station for a bigger crew and headed for a touchdown at NASA's backup landing
score: 10
Reuters 1 day ago
By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - The space shuttle Endeavour left orbit on Sunday after a marathon mission to prepare the International Space Station for a bigger crew and headed for a touchdown at NASA's backup landing
score: 10
Reuters UK 1 day ago
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - The space shuttle Endeavour left orbit on Sunday after a marathon mission to prepare the International Space Station for a bigger crew and headed for a touchdown at NASA's backup landing
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No worries mate.
As far as I can tell, that article is the only news piece I can find indicating that NASA has current plans to establish a base on the far side of the Moon -- my suspicion is that whoever wrote the article was mistaken or misunderstood something. From what I've read so far, 2020 is only the planned date for crewed exploration. Although permanent bases are in the plans, that's more of a long-term goal.
It should also be mentioned that the far side has the downside of making both emergency and routine communications with Earth drastically more difficult and is only useful for setting up a radio astronomy facility, which is more of a long-term goal.
Has somebody been into the MOON-shine again?
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