The Moon wants to kill you. Or at least, it wants to kill anyone brave enough to venture across its surface.
When the Apollo astronauts strolled across the Moon, they were only able to do so with vast amounts of equipment and support from Earth keeping the hazardous environment at bay.
Yet more than half a century later, humanity is preparing to return – this time not for a brief visit, but to stay.
In March 2026, NASA unveiled plans for a $20bn (£15bn) base near the lunar south pole that would become humanity's first permanent foothold beyond Earth.
The settlement could eventually spread across hundreds of square miles, powered first by radioactive isotope generators and later by a nuclear reactor to survive the region's weeks-long nights.
