๐ NASA is repurposing cancelled Gateway station hardware to fast-track a permanent Moon Base at the South Pole
NASA and Northrop Grumman announced three Lunar Infrastructure Demo missions that reuse power and avionics hardware originally built for the Gateway space station โ which was paused in March 2026. The demos will test surface power, thermal management, autonomy, and communications systems that need to survive the brutal two-week lunar night near the Moon's South Pole. It is a clever pivot, turning billions in sunk development costs into a fast track toward permanent lunar infrastructure. Would you want to live at a Moon base someday?
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