How The First Moon Colony Is Closer Than You Think
A permanent human settlement on the Moon. Not in decades. Not in your grandchildren's lifetime. Now.In this episode, I reveal why NASA's new $20 billion plan puts the first Moon colony within seven years — not seventy. After canceling the lunar Gateway space station, NASA is redirecting all resources to a surface base built in three aggressive phases [citation:1][citation:2]. Phase 1 (2026-2028) will deliver rovers, nuclear power systems, and the first "ground truth" at the lunar south pole. Phase 2 (2029-2031) builds semi-habitable infrastructure supporting regular astronaut rotations. Phase…
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