{"id":4099,"date":"2026-08-03T18:08:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T18:08:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=4099"},"modified":"2026-08-03T18:08:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T18:08:17","slug":"nasa-eyes-south-pole-landing-despite-astronauts-warning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=4099","title":{"rendered":"NASA Eyes South Pole Landing Despite Astronaut\u2019s Warning"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n

A NASA astronaut cautioned that landing at the lunar south pole could leave an appendicitis-ridden crew member stranded there.<\/p>

Read more Bill Maher Draws Audible Gasps From Audience When He Reads DSA\u2019s Own Words<\/a><\/p>

Victor Glover, who piloted the Artemis II mission around the moon in April 2026, expressed his concerns about future moon landing missions while speaking at the NASA Exploration Science Forum at Ames Research Center on July 21. Glover argued NASA should instead set its sights on the Moon\u2019s equator because of the safety and operational risks of heading straight to the south pole, he said at the forum.<\/p>

NASA prefers the lunar south pole due to its unique, permanently shadowed craters, which are likely to contain ice that could sustain future missions, to a NASA white paper. Nearby sunlit regions would keep solar hardware constantly powered, and the ancient south pole surface could offer more insights into our solar system\u2019s history.<\/p>

\u201cIf you want to go fast, go familiar. We want to get to the surface. If we want to land soon, familiar, daylight, equator,\u201d Glover said during the forum.<\/p>

Glover then explained what would happen if an astronaut developed appendicitis during a hypothetical south pole landing mission.<\/p>

\u201cIf [your appendix] ruptures on landing day, you\u2019re stuck for a week. That\u2019s a big deal to me, and I don\u2019t like that plan,\u201d he said. \u201cThe equator gives me opportunity to save that person.\u201d (RELATED: EXCLUSIVE: White House Sources Say Elon\u2019s NASA Pick Was Doomed From The Start)<\/strong><\/p>

Glover noted his view is not part of NASA\u2019s formal planning. \u201cThat\u2019s just me, and nobody\u2019s asking me those questions,\u201d he told the forum audience.<\/p>

China is racing to put its first astronauts on the lunar surface before the end of the decade, according to Space.com. \u201c<\/strong>We will spare no effort to strive for the goal of achieving the first Chinese landing on the moon by 2030,\u201d China Manned Space Agency spokesman Zhang Jingbo said.<\/p>

Read more Most Americans Think AI Will Make Work \u2018Worse\u2019<\/a><\/p>

China also plans to colonize the lunar south pole by 2035, Space.com reported. The US rival is set to deploy Africa\u2019s first radio telescope array there aboard the Chang\u2019e-8 mission in 2029, potentially giving Beijing an early presence at the south pole before a US landing.<\/p>

\u201cVictor is one of our best. We value the input of everybody at NASA, especially those who just went around the Moon. We also have 55,000 others at NASA whose assessments are also taken into account,\u201d Bethany Stevens, NASA senior advisor and press secretary, told the Daily Caller News Foundation.<\/p>

\u201cAs of now, NASA is still targeting a landing at the lunar South Pole. We are confident we can achieve that objective on the timetable laid out for us in President Trump\u2019s National Space Policy.\u201d<\/p>

SpaceX and Blue Origin did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>

<\/p>

\n\n
\"NASA<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>

Artemis III, slated for 2027, will send four astronauts on Orion to perform tests with SpaceX Starship and Blue Origin\u2019s Blue Moon landers, according to Space.com. The first crewed landing would follow on Artemis IV, projected for 2028.<\/p>

\u201cWe don\u2019t know exactly what the lander capabilities will be as they\u2019re developing, so we\u2019re keeping that trade space open until we have that information in hand and can really narrow down exactly where we\u2019re going,\u201d NASA\u2019s chief exploration scientist Jacob Bleacher explained at a panel discussion during the forum, SpaceNews reported. <\/p>

NASA\u2019s upcoming Artemis IV and Artemis V missions will choose specific landing locations based on the abilities of the landers, and both are still targeting the south polar region, according to SpaceNews. <\/p>

Read more Democratic Socialists Of America Supporters Have This In Common<\/a><\/p>

<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A NASA astronaut cautioned that landing at the lunar south pole could leave an appendicitis-ridden crew member stranded there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4097,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[3609,1684,750,1687,3610,704],"class_list":["post-4099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting","tag-artemis-program","tag-astronaut","tag-moon","tag-nasa","tag-national-aeronautics-and-space-administration","tag-spacex"],"yoast_head":"\nNASA Eyes South Pole Landing Despite Astronaut\u2019s Warning - Home Transfer Guide<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=4099\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NASA Eyes South Pole Landing Despite Astronaut\u2019s Warning - Home Transfer Guide\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A NASA astronaut cautioned that landing at the lunar south pole could leave an appendicitis-ridden crew member stranded there.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=4099\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Home Transfer Guide\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-08-03T18:08:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/c30a46b5d704d23ead202a9d4d712fa0.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"853\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hometransferguide.com\\\/?p=4099#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hometransferguide.com\\\/?p=4099\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hometransferguide.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/47c12a8611db56d3441574d894569529\"},\"headline\":\"NASA Eyes South Pole Landing Despite Astronaut\u2019s Warning\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-08-03T18:08:17+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hometransferguide.com\\\/?p=4099\"},\"wordCount\":642,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hometransferguide.com\\\/?p=4099#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hometransferguide.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/046ace2876ae75c78dc3d1ebd96b327f.webp\",\"keywords\":[\"artemis program\",\"astronaut\",\"moon\",\"nasa\",\"national aeronautics and space administration\",\"spacex\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Interesting\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/hometransferguide.com\\\/?p=4099#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hometransferguide.com\\\/?p=4099\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hometransferguide.com\\\/?p=4099\",\"name\":\"NASA Eyes South Pole Landing Despite Astronaut\u2019s Warning - Home Transfer Guide\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hometransferguide.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hometransferguide.com\\\/?p=4099#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hometransferguide.com\\\/?p=4099#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hometransferguide.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/046ace2876ae75c78dc3d1ebd96b327f.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-08-03T18:08:17+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hometransferguide.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/47c12a8611db56d3441574d894569529\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hometransferguide.com\\\/?p=4099#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/hometransferguide.com\\\/?p=4099\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hometransferguide.com\\\/?p=4099#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hometransferguide.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/046ace2876ae75c78dc3d1ebd96b327f.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hometransferguide.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/046ace2876ae75c78dc3d1ebd96b327f.webp\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":549},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hometransferguide.com\\\/?p=4099#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hometransferguide.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"NASA Eyes South Pole Landing Despite Astronaut\u2019s Warning\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hometransferguide.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hometransferguide.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Home Transfer Guide\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hometransferguide.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hometransferguide.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/47c12a8611db56d3441574d894569529\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/hometransferguide.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hometransferguide.com\\\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"NASA Eyes South Pole Landing Despite Astronaut\u2019s Warning - Home Transfer Guide","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=4099","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"NASA Eyes South Pole Landing Despite Astronaut\u2019s Warning - Home Transfer Guide","og_description":"A NASA astronaut cautioned that landing at the lunar south pole could leave an appendicitis-ridden crew member stranded there.","og_url":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=4099","og_site_name":"Home Transfer Guide","article_published_time":"2026-08-03T18:08:17+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":853,"url":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/c30a46b5d704d23ead202a9d4d712fa0.webp","type":"image\/webp"}],"author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=4099#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=4099"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/#\/schema\/person\/47c12a8611db56d3441574d894569529"},"headline":"NASA Eyes South Pole Landing Despite Astronaut\u2019s Warning","datePublished":"2026-08-03T18:08:17+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=4099"},"wordCount":642,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=4099#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/046ace2876ae75c78dc3d1ebd96b327f.webp","keywords":["artemis program","astronaut","moon","nasa","national aeronautics and space administration","spacex"],"articleSection":["Interesting"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=4099#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=4099","url":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=4099","name":"NASA Eyes South Pole Landing Despite Astronaut\u2019s Warning - Home Transfer Guide","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=4099#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=4099#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/046ace2876ae75c78dc3d1ebd96b327f.webp","datePublished":"2026-08-03T18:08:17+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/#\/schema\/person\/47c12a8611db56d3441574d894569529"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=4099#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=4099"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=4099#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/046ace2876ae75c78dc3d1ebd96b327f.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/046ace2876ae75c78dc3d1ebd96b327f.webp","width":1280,"height":549},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=4099#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"NASA Eyes South Pole Landing Despite Astronaut\u2019s Warning"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/","name":"Home Transfer Guide","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/#\/schema\/person\/47c12a8611db56d3441574d894569529","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/hometransferguide.com"],"url":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?author=1"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4099"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4099\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}