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NASA released the video on YouTube on Friday (November 16, 2018) and released it via Twitter Saturday. It's a teaser, essentially a trailer, read by voiceover actor Mike Rowe, for the space agency's plan to establish a permanent human presence on the moon and then venture beyond, to Mars. As of Sunday morning, the video had 732,295 views; we predict it will pick up speed and go viral this week because it does not say much For example:
This is about sustainable science and feeding the advance of the human spirit … because we are the pioneers, the thinkers, the star-sailors, the visionaries, the do-ers … and because we stand on the shoulders of the giants to go farther than humanity has ever been.
How long do we have to wait for NASA? A long time.
And if the words echo the style of American politics in recent years, they should. NASA's current focus on establishing a sustainable presence on the moon and Mars are, in part, an answer to the Space Policy Directive 1, signed by Donald Trump at the end of 2017. The directive:
… calls for the NASA administrator to 'lead an innovative and sustainable program of exploration with commercial and international partners to enable human expansion across the solar system and to bring back to earth new knowledge and opportunities.'
The effort will be made more effectively by the government, the industry, and the international community.
Elsewhere on EarthSky today, we're reporting on a related effort, describing the role of a Colorado-based private company – called Lunar Outpost – might play in this effort rovers.
Goal back to the new video. In a speech read during it, NASA said:
We have taken a giant leap and left our mark in the heavens.
Now we're building the next chapter, returning to the moon to stay, and preparing to go beyond. We are NASA – and after 60 years, we're just getting started.
We're returning to the Moon, preparing to go beyond Mars. We are going. We are NASA. pic.twitter.com/y24AaicGRy
– NASA (@NASA) November 17, 2018
Bottom line: A new NASA video – posted to YouTube on November 16, 2018 – is a teaser for NASA's shifted focus on establishing a human presence on the moon, and venturing outward to Mars.
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