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By Ronald Hernandez Jr.
May 10, 2026
Kennedy Space Center, Merritt, Florida – Due to the success of NASA’s Artemis II program, the space agency plans to continue their mission to build a lunar base by landing humans on the moon in the year 2028.
The achievement would provide a “giant leap” in a variety of scientific areas including spaceflight, which will be propelled by Blue Origin, a program dedicated to building a road to space for the benefit of the Earth.
Blue Origin’s idea is not to just make space travel affordable, but to venture far enough to harness the resources from other worlds to supply humans on Earth, all while inspiring the future generations to pursue innovation and exploration.
According to BBC news, the Artemis missions are contributing to the ultimate goal of placing human beings on the surface of Mars, a task that has accumulated a budget of $93 billion.
NASA Chief Jared Isaacman native of New Jersey and current Pennsylvanian resident, recently went on ABC News to shed light on the situation, as well as reassure the public of the confidence he has in their mission. When asked what they learned from the close approach to the Moon, Isaacman quoted that “in those ten days, they learned about life support systems of the rockets and manually piloting the spacecraft, and this is all important to inform subsequent missions where they are going to need to rendezvous with lunar landers.”
The ABC News correspondent went on to ask about the political topic of budget cuts to science programs and how it will affect the Artemis Program, Isaacman calmly replied, “The One Big Beautiful bill last year provided a historic investment in NASA, a $10bn one time plus up, we haven’t seen an investment or commitment in an American space program like that since the Kennedy Era.”
The Chief of NASA also mentions the importance of innovating fuels for travel, this includes nuclear thermal propulsion, a denser and more efficient substitute for chemical rockets, enabling them to carry larger payloads. History has shown that pioneering technologies like nuclear thermal propulsion eventually trickled down to the general population, for example, NASA’s research to help plants thrive in space led to the invention of home air filters.
There is still the Artemis III and many other smaller intricate missions that have to be launched until the initial Moon landing, but until then, do you believe this is a step in the right direction? Or should humanity be worried about more Earthly endeavors?
This has been Ronald Hernandez Jr. reporting from Full Sail University and Arkitekt Creations, stay tuned for updates on NASA and the Artemis missions.
