Why Explore the Moon?

Exploration of the Moon also creates new business opportunities for technological innovations and applications and utilization of new resources. Finally, establishing outposts on the Moon enables adventurers and explorers to extend exploration and settlement to planets and moons beyond Earth.

Why did NASA want to go to the Moon?

NASA is going to the Moon with commercial and international partners to explore faster and explore more together. This work will bring new knowledge and opportunities and inspire the next generation. In going to the Moon, NASA is laying the foundation that will eventually enable human exploration of Mars.

What are the benefits of colonizing the Moon?

Advantages, disadvantages, problems and potential solutions. Colonizing a natural body would provide an ample source of material for construction and other uses in space, including shielding from cosmic radiation. The energy required to send objects from the Moon to space is much less than from Earth to space.