Forget Mars, for now—a top NASA scientist says that humans will live and work on the moon within the decade

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People could be living and working on the moon before you know it—at least according to one NASA scientist.

“Certainly, in this decade, we are going to have people living for durations, depending on how long we will be on the surface.” Howard Hu, a NASA official, told the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg on Sunday. “They’ll have habitats, and they’ll have rovers on the ground. That’s what we’re also working on at NASA.”