The ambitious plan calls for dozens of launches in the next decade, with crews eventually exploring the lunar south pole. “The goal is not flags and footprints but to stay on the Moon,” the US space agency chief said. https://www.semafor.com/article/03/24/2026/nasa-aims-to-build-20b-lunar-base
NASA aims to build $20B lunar base

NASA is abandoning efforts to build a space station orbiting the Moon, and will instead put $20 billion toward a lunar base, officials announced Tuesday.