according to gizmodoThales Alenia Space, a leading company in the aerospace industry, is developing a Multipurpose Habitat (MPH) in cooperation with the Italian Space Agency (ASI).
The lunar base is a key component of NASA’s Artemis program, which aims to establish a sustainable, long-term human presence on the moon for future generations.
Although specific costs and deployment schedules have not been disclosed, it is expected that a lunar base module will appear on the moon in the 2030s.
The cylindrical design, telescoping legs and solar array revealed in images released by Thales Alenia Space suggest a compact and functional structure for the module, which has an estimated length of about 33 feet (about 10 meters). are doing.