hackadayMar 23

No, humans aren't going back to the Moon in the next two years.

Tom Nardi explores the current state of the Artemis project and the plan to get back on lunar soil.

https://hackaday.com/2026/03/04/new-artemis-plan-returns-to-apollo-playbook/

New Artemis Plan Returns To Apollo Playbook

In their recent announcement, NASA has made official what pretty much anyone following the Artemis lunar program could have told you years ago — humans won’t be landing on the Moon in 2…

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Show threadCharlie Stross6d ago

@hackaday @nyrath YES humans are probably going back to the moon in the next two years—

But they'll be planting the Chinese flag there.

(The USA? Not going this decade, most likely.)

Show threadMichael Busch

@cstross @hackaday @nyrath

CNSA has no scheduled human lunar missions yet either - and certainly none in the next few years.

Just Chang'e 7 late this year and Chang'e 8 planned for 2029.

And the CNSA human lunar landing proposed for 2030 may be pushed back depending on what happens with the Long March 10 test launches this year and next.

Mar 23 at 2:59pmWeb
Show threadCharlie Stross6d ago
@michael_w_busch @hackaday @nyrath I still reckon CNSA will get boots on the Moon before NASA, let alone Elon Musk.
Show threadMichael Busch6d ago

@cstross @hackaday @nyrath

My point was just that nobody is going to be walking on the Moon in the next two years.

Because of the scale of what human missions require.