{"id":933356,"date":"2026-10-15T01:10:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T01:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/933356\/"},"modified":"2026-10-15T01:10:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T01:10:13","slug":"nasa-outlines-moon-base-objectives-challenges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/933356\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA Outlines Moon Base Objectives, Challenges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    NASA Outlines Moon Base Objectives, Challenges | Aviation Week<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/aviationweek.com\/themes\/custom\/particle\/dist\/app-drupal\/assets\/AW_logo_horizontal_small_white.svg<\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"#main-content\" class=\"visually-hidden focusable\"><br \/>\n      Skip to main content<br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>    <a id=\"main-content\" tabindex=\"-1\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p>                        <a class=\"article__byline\" href=\"https:\/\/aviationweek.com\/author\/mark-carreau\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mark Carreau<\/a><br \/>\n                    October 14, 2026<\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20250331-01.jpg\" alt=\"JAXA Moon Rover\" class=\"b-lazy  img \"\/><\/p>\n<p>A concept image of JAXA\u2019s (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) pressurized rover on the surface of the Moon.<\/p>\n<p>Credit: JAXA\/Toyota via NASA<\/p>\n<p>  NASA&#8217;s three-phase Moon Base comes with real challenges, even as it holds a lot of promise, according to agency officials speaking at the two-day Lunar Surface Consortium Oct. 14 in Atlanta. \u201cHow do we make the big systems easier?\u201d Nujoud Merancy asked the gathering. \u201cBy doing the small things up&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/carreau-mark.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"b-lazy  img author__image \"\/><\/p>\n<p>          <a href=\"https:\/\/aviationweek.com\/author\/mark-carreau\" class=\"author--teaser__name\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mark Carreau<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"author--teaser__bio\">Mark is based in Houston, where he has written on aerospace for more than 25 years. While at the Houston Chronicle, he was recognized by the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation in 2006 for his professional contributions to the public understanding of America&#8217;s space program through news reporting.<\/p>\n<p>            Subscription Required<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:25px;\">NASA Outlines Moon Base Objectives, Challenges is published in Aerospace Daily &amp; Defense Report, an Aviation Week Intelligence Network (AWIN) Market Briefing and is included with your AWIN membership.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:25px;\">Already a member of AWIN or subscribe to Aerospace Daily &amp; Defense Report through your company? <a href=\"https:\/\/aviationweek.com\/user\/login\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Login<\/a>\u00a0with your existing email and password.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:25px;\">Not a member?\u00a0 Learn how you can access the market intelligence and data you need to stay abreast of what&#8217;s happening in the aerospace and defense community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NASA Outlines Moon Base Objectives, Challenges | Aviation Week https:\/\/aviationweek.com\/themes\/custom\/particle\/dist\/app-drupal\/assets\/AW_logo_horizontal_small_white.svg Skip to main content Mark Carreau October 14,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":933357,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[49,48,66],"class_list":["post-933356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-science","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/933356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=933356"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/933356\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/933357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=933356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=933356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=933356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}