If we’re ever going to make Elon Musk’s vision of colonizing Mars a reality, we first need to figure out an essential component of the plan: how to get there. After all, it’s somewhere between 34 and 140 million miles away from Earth. The moon is barely spitting distance closer, relatively speaking—but it’s a start. … Continue reading NASA’s Plan to Build a Base Camp on the Moon Sounds Like Sci-Fi, But It’s Real