hackadayNo, 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/
Charlie Stross
Aaron DeVriesI want both NASA and China to get back to the moon, but honestly I want China to return first. The US will cope hard about it, but losing the race that they aren't taking seriously should shake things up a bit. Might even get NASA more funding...or less funding, logic can't always be applied to the US as they seem to systemically hate doing the right thing for themselves and others...
Nick Stevens Graphics@Aaron_DeVries @cstross @hackaday @nyrath
I really like what India is doing in space, on a TINY budget.
Superb value from their Mars missions for example.
@Nick_Stevens_graphics
Absolutely, Indias space program is another that's super interesting to watch.
Absolutely, Indias space program is another that's super interesting to watch.
I think they should give a section of NASA India's budget, and tell them to do something equally impressive for the money.
Isaac Ji Kuo@Nick_Stevens_graphics @Aaron_DeVries Isn't that what the Planetary Science Division already does? The budget is in the same ballpark, and pretty much every unmanned NASA mission you've heard of fit in there.
@Nick_Stevens_graphics @Aaron_DeVries But I think this highlights how little awareness the public has of Planetary. If people had any idea how comparatively small their budget was, and how much bleeding edge awesome stuff they've been doing with it ...