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[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.space.com/nasa-plans-astronauts-mars-mission-30-days[/URL][URL unfurl="true"]https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-seeks-input-on-moon-to-mars-objectives-comments-due-may-31/[/URL]Here is a news article about NASA's current plans.It's very long-term and a lot of things aren't clear, like what rockets will be used and such, but at least NASA is finally industrializing space and Artemis is the first step in that: to build a refueling and construction depot/staging ground far from Earth gravity and where the radiation from interplanetary nuclear rockets won't injure robots, satellites, or people in orbit. The flyby is planned for "the next 20 years" and there is probably wiggle room of +/- five years on that.Main problems will be stuff like Starship/Human Landing System are shaping like they're going to be far behind schedule, if not DOA, at the moment. That will increase the timetable since NASA will need to divert or increase SLS launches to supporting the establishment of a surface base on the Moon, re-do the new Lunar lander competition, or something else. There's a lot of hurdles that SpaceX hasn't cleared, like a basic orbital flight, while NASA and ULA have at least shown their half of the work is up to par.
[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.space.com/nasa-plans-astronauts-mars-mission-30-days[/URL]
[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-seeks-input-on-moon-to-mars-objectives-comments-due-may-31/[/URL]
Here is a news article about NASA's current plans.
It's very long-term and a lot of things aren't clear, like what rockets will be used and such, but at least NASA is finally industrializing space and Artemis is the first step in that: to build a refueling and construction depot/staging ground far from Earth gravity and where the radiation from interplanetary nuclear rockets won't injure robots, satellites, or people in orbit. The flyby is planned for "the next 20 years" and there is probably wiggle room of +/- five years on that.
Main problems will be stuff like Starship/Human Landing System are shaping like they're going to be far behind schedule, if not DOA, at the moment. That will increase the timetable since NASA will need to divert or increase SLS launches to supporting the establishment of a surface base on the Moon, re-do the new Lunar lander competition, or something else. There's a lot of hurdles that SpaceX hasn't cleared, like a basic orbital flight, while NASA and ULA have at least shown their half of the work is up to par.
