
Last month, NASA chief Jared Isaacman ripped off the Band-Aid on the space agency's back-to-the-moon agenda, calling for a large overhaul of NASA's Artemis Program. One of his announcements was a speedy series of robotic missions to scout, conduct experiments and prepare for surface operations ahead of any "rebooting" of the lunar landscape by astronauts in 2028.
As part of NASA's "Ignition" event on March 24, Isaacman called for clearing away needless obstacles that impede progress, said the agency would "unleash the workforce and industrial might of our nation" to return to the lunar landscape and build a moon base.