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NASA kills lunar space station to focus on ambitious Moon base
"Everyone wants to be on the surface."
https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/03/nasa-kills-lunar-space-station-to-focus-on-ambitious-moon-base/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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Brett 20h ago

@arstechnica

We already know how to build space stations though. We’ve never built habitats on another world.

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Dylan 16h ago

@bflipp @arstechnica Come on, we've built tons of houses!

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Brett 16h ago

@dy @arstechnica

We don’t even know if we can land on the moon successfully again.

Damn sure do not have any landers close to being able to test. We don’t even have a vehicle that can get people there and back yet and we’re already signing up for a much harder mission.

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The Worst Timeline 12h ago

@bflipp @dy @arstechnica
That’s not even considering the nature of lunar dust. That stuff is pernicious, abrasive, and about as benign to astronauts as asbestos is to construction workers.

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Brett 11h ago

@millardjk @dy @arstechnica

Isn’t it binding in the lungs the same way asbestos is too? I seem to remember something about that.

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The Worst Timeline 11h ago

@bflipp @dy @arstechnica Exactly, which is why I used that specific metaphor.

It’s probably closer to volcanic ash, but I think more people have familiarity with asbestos warnings as opposed to ash.

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