NASA's Artemis II Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft. | AFP via Getty Images NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman has big plans for the future of the agency, including the construction of a $20 billion lunar base that he said will establish an "enduring presence" on the Moon. Isaac man announced the news during NASA's Ignition event on Tuesday, where he also described goals to launch a nuclear-powered spacecraft to Mars, as reported earlier by the New York Times. As a result of plans to establish a base on the Moon, NASA announced that it's pausing its Gateway project "in its current form," which would've launched a space station orbiting the Moon. Instead, NASA plans to "shift focus to infrastructure that enables susta … Read the full story at The Verge. ...read more read less