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NASA set to build 'petrol station' moon base where astronauts can refuel

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FREE newsletter is as good as that first pint back at the pubNASA is planning a moon base that will be the space equivalent of a motorway pitstop.

Astronauts would be able to refuel, recharge and stop off on missions to Mars and deep space from 2024. It is part of NASA's mission to get the first woman and next man on the moon within four years.Dr Jacob Bleacher, a scientist at the American space agency, explained: "If you do a drive across ­country you don’t load up a whole bunch of gas cans on the back of your vehicle."You stop at a gas station.

And you have to fuel yourself up too – you might buy a soft drink an iced tea or something.“We want to look at the moon as somewhere you can go and live."It’s not a place where we have to bring all.

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