NASA's moon plans?

Question

When does NASA plan to return to the moon?

How many missions will there be and how often will they occur?

How long will the missions be?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

NASA does plan to return to the moon in a stage of automated and human missions. They are based on similar plans to the original Apollo program, in design and function. Even the return capsule looks similar. However the technology is far from 1960s tech...super microcomputers, automatic guidance, lazers, pinpoint accuracy, and the advances of 40 years of science. The program is called "Orion" look it up on wikipedia. They have a minimum of two planned manned missions in 2019, at least staying one week on the moon, possibly longer. So the total mission will be about two weeks, and will be a stepping stone to a Mars mission.