When the U.S. was born, humanity was still seven years away from balloon-borne flight. Where might we be another 250 years from now, should the nation be fortunate enough to survive that long?

NewsNation will stream the announcements from this story at 2:30 p.m. ET/1:30 C. The moon base is a core part of the Artemis program, which aims not only to return humans to the moon but to establish ...