Soon humans could be going further into space than ever before. Thanks in part to SpaceX, the private space exploration company founded by Elon Musk, NASA is planning to go farther than they ever have before.
The agency announced that it would be reorganizing as it plans to emphasize its missions for deep space, the Washington Post reported. The plans will include setting up a new directorate that will create the technologies needed to pursue what some call NASA's most ambitious missions.
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The new plans would also have the space agency create a permanent presence on the moon, and eventually, Mars.
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson shared that the new group of directors, being called the Exploration Systems Development, would oversee the creation of new tools to help push new frontiers.
Nelson shared that the ever-growing commercial space industry allows "NASA to get out of low Earth orbit and go explore."
The Exploration Systems Development will be run by former NASA administrator Jim Free and seconded by Kathy Lueders, the agency's current Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate.
NASA shared in a statement that the group will oversee programs once they transition out of development. This includes the commercialization of low Earth orbit and operations on the moon.
