WashingtonBhabha Crater, on the Moon’s far side, tops the list.
Mons Hadley, Orientale Basin and Aristarchus Plateau follow, as add-ons to NASA’s south pole Moon Base.
Bhabha sits in the South Pole-Aitken Basin, which may hold the oldest impact signature in the solar system.
If Artemis IV cannot reach the pole, these sites could serve instead, an industry executive says.
NASA has not said whether it will act on the recommendations.
How each outlet framed it
- Payload
- ranks Bhabha Crater first, citing its far-side position in South Pole-Aitken Basin and its shielding from Earth's radio noise
Sources: Payload