NASA’s leadership is shaking things up, announcing a series of major changes aimed at keeping the agency on track for establishing a human presence on the Moon while getting rid of dead weight.
During a full-day event on Tuesday, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman revealed a number of drastic alterations to the agency’s Artemis Moon program, with a strong focus on building a lunar base within the next decade while putting Lunar Gateway on an indefinite hold. The recent announcement wasn’t all Moon-related; the agency also revealed its plans to launch a nuclear-powered mission to Mars and scrap its ongoing initiative to fund a commercial replacement to the International Space Station (ISS).
