AI Could Help Pick Landing Sites for Future Moon and Mars Outposts

Summary

NASA plans to return astronauts to the lunar surface in 2028, the first crewed lunar landing since Apollo 17 in 1972. The agency also intends to establish a permanent human presence on the Moon through a slow, careful process involving power, resource extraction, and habitat technologies. Universe Today reports that, with artificial intelligence increasingly used in everyday life, the piece asks how the technology could be used to identify new landing sites for future outposts on the Moon and possibly Mars.

Timeline

1. Universe Today

   31 Oct 2026, 19:24 UTCSource ↗

   Universe Today reports that NASA plans to return astronauts to the lunar surface in 2028 and build a permanent human presence on the Moon, and asks how AI could help identify new landing sites for future outposts on the Moon and possibly Mars.