Here’s How NASA Plans to Keep the Power on for a Future Moon Base

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Things are a bit more complicated than flicking a switch on.

Published May 25 2022 4:50AM EDT

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When NASA plans to return humans to the moon under the Artemis program, it will do so with an eye towards much longer habitation than the short jaunts of the Apollo missions.

Kelsey D. Atherton

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Here’s How NASA Plans to Keep the Power on for a Future Moon Base

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Kelsey D. Atherton