Thus, the landing date named last week by the head of the department Bill Nelson in 2025, according to Paul Martin, does not look realistic
WASHINGTON, November 15. /tass/. The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) will not be able to meet the original schedule for landing people on the Moon, and these deadlines will have to be moved from 2024 "for several years" ahead. This conclusion is contained in a report released on Monday by NASA Inspector General Paul Martin.
Thus, the date of disembarkation in 2025, named last week by the head of the department Bill Nelson, according to the inspector general, also does not look realistic. "Given the time it takes to develop and fully test the manned lander (HLS, Human Landing Systems) and new spacesuits, we predict that NASA will shift its current schedule for landing people on the moon from the end of 2024 for several years ahead," the document says.
Earlier, the director of NASA admitted that the original plans to land astronauts on the Moon in 2024 were technically impossible. He stressed that these deadlines will have to be shifted "at least until 2025."
In the spring of 2019, NASA announced the project of the lunar program "Artemis", consisting of three stages. The first is the launch into space of the Orion spacecraft using the new Space Launch System launch vehicle, which in unpiloted mode will make several turns around the Moon and return back. The second is a flyby of a natural satellite of the Earth already with a crew on board. At the third stage, NASA expects to deliver astronauts to the Moon, and then send them to Mars.
