NASA Makes Plans for Permanent Moon Base

NASA is moving along in pushing humanity to the stars with its plans for a new moon base.

Scott Horowitz, NASA’s associate administrator for exploration, said crews of four astronauts would make weeklong missions to the Moon starting around 2020. As more equipment was set up, human stays would eventually grow to 180 days, permanent staffing by 2024. By 2027, officials said, a pressurized roving vehicle on the surface would take people on expeditions far from the base.

This is cool stuff-- in our lifetimes, there will be what amounts to a small city on the moon. Sign me up, I'd like to go!