lunar

“The moon is a gift from the universe,” Jeff Bezos recently said when talking about the benefits of lunar development and using it as a base for launching projects in space.

In early 2026, Blue Origin is looking to launch a company cargo craft to the moon, aiming to land the ship on the lunar surface.

It could show "whether they can play increased roles in near-term lunar exploration," he said.

China has bold plans to send a crewed mission to the Moon by the end of the decade and eventually to build a base on the lunar surface.

Hence the footage of astronauts bouncing across the lunar surface but not flying off into space.