{"id":104,"date":"2026-04-24T14:47:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T14:47:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bkbc.net\/index.php\/2026\/04\/24\/well-this-is-embarrassing-the-lunar-gateways-primary-modules-are-corroded\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T14:47:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T14:47:19","slug":"well-this-is-embarrassing-the-lunar-gateways-primary-modules-are-corroded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bkbc.net\/index.php\/2026\/04\/24\/well-this-is-embarrassing-the-lunar-gateways-primary-modules-are-corroded\/","title":{"rendered":"<div>Well, this is embarrassing: The Lunar Gateway&#8217;s primary modules are corroded<\/div>"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>For a decade, NASA promoted the idea of building a space station around the Moon known as the Lunar Gateway. It touted the facility as both a platform for exploring the lunar environment and testing the technology needed for deep-space habitation.<\/p>\n<p>Like many major space projects, it faced delays. Originally, the first component of the space station <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/nasa-awards-artemis-contract-for-lunar-gateway-power-propulsion\/\">was due to launch in 2022<\/a>.\u00a0<span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">Later, it was decided that this module, to provide power and propulsion, would launch in tandem with a habitable volume known as the Habitation and Logistics Outpost (HALO) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/nasa-awards-contract-to-launch-initial-elements-for-lunar-outpost\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in 2024<\/a>.<\/span> This core was slated to be joined by another pressurized habitation module contributed by international partners I-HAB in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>These dates, of course, have come and gone. And in March, NASA Administrator <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/space\/2026\/03\/nasa-kills-lunar-space-station-to-focus-on-ambitious-moon-base\/\">Jared Isaacman announced<\/a> that the Gateway was being &#8220;paused&#8221; so the space agency could focus on the lunar surface.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/space\/2026\/04\/well-this-is-embarrassing-the-lunar-gateways-primary-modules-are-corroded\/\">Read full article<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/space\/2026\/04\/well-this-is-embarrassing-the-lunar-gateways-primary-modules-are-corroded\/#comments\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div>&#8220;Preliminary findings indicate that the issue likely results from a combination of factors.&#8221;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[36,37],"class_list":["post-104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology","tag-consumer-tech","tag-culture-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bkbc.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bkbc.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bkbc.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bkbc.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bkbc.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bkbc.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bkbc.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bkbc.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bkbc.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}