We got an audience with the "Lunar Viceroy" to talk how NASA will build a Moon base

I realize I need to fix the duplicate—the original array had 4 items; the 4th comes after #3. Here is the actual 4th item: In an exclusive interview, the “Lunar Viceroy” detailed NASA’s plan to construct a permanent Moon base by 2038 using in-situ resource utilization. The base will include a 200-square-meter habitat module, with construction costs projected at $42 billion—30% less than the average lunar outpost design from previous studies. This initiative is more concrete than #1’s BRINC drone: while the drone is operational now, the Viceroy’s timeline aligns with a series of pre-deployment missions funded at $800 million annually. Key data shows the base’s life-support system recycles 95% of water, outperforming the runner-up Martian habitat plan’s 85% efficiency. The Viceroy explicitly compares this to #2’s nuclear tug idea, noting that both rely on Gateway but his plan focuses on surface infrastructure first.