China's road to 2045: ILRS lunar base with Russia, 2030 crewed Moon landing, Guowang and Qianfan megaconstellations, Tianwen-3 Mars sample return, and the new orbital cold war.
NASA's multi-billion Moon base program: a permanent south-pole outpost by the early 2030s, Starship HLS and Blue Moon landings, ISRU water mining, the Lunar Gateway descope, and the post-Artemis II architecture shift.
How NASA's Artemis Base Camp and China-Russia's ILRS plan to build permanent Moon bases: 3D-printed regolith habitats, Kilopower reactors, ISRU, and realistic timelines.
Water ice at the Moon's south pole could fuel rockets and sustain a base. Inside the NASA, ISRO, and China race to reach it — Chandrayaan-3, VIPER, Artemis and more.
