# America Will Return to the Moon, Build a Base, and Launch for Mars by Susan Kokinda > “The Artemis III mission flies next summer, and before this president’s term is out, future missions will take Americans back to the Moon’s surface, and a permanent base will follow. Within two years, the first nuclear-powered spacecraft will launch for Mars. And a new Space Academy is coming to give the next generations the opportunity to be more than baristas or cubicle dwellers.” > **— Susan Kokinda**, *The Saturday Wrap-Up, November 7, 2026* ## Sources and Context - **Source dossier:** [[research/Colour Revolutions Versus American Citizen Builders|Colour Revolutions Versus American Citizen Builders]]. - **Direct publication or recording:** [recording, 11:42–12:12](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQkxXlYlF9U&t=702s). - **Editorial form:** The Reminder preserves the prepared contiguous quotation; punctuation and spoken disfluency treatment are recorded in the candidate map when applicable. - **Context and treatment:** Kokinda names the Artemis III schedule, American lunar return, permanent Moon base, nuclear-powered Mars spacecraft, Space Academy, and expanded opportunity for the next generation; [recording, 11:42–12:12](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQkxXlYlF9U&t=702s). Direct contiguous program summary; the underlying White House announcement and schedules require direct-source verification before promotion. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Collection:** [[collections/War With Empire|War With Empire]] - **Collection:** [[collections/American Infrastructure|American Infrastructure]] - **Collection:** [[collections/American|American Culture Collection]] - **Collection:** [[collections/The Politics of AI Infrastructure|The Politics of AI Infrastructure]] - **Article:** [[articles/war with empire/The Real No Kings Moment and Who Wrote the Super-intelligence Ban|Who Wrote the Super-intelligence Ban]] - **Article:** [[articles/Vertically Integrating an AI Superpower from AI Factory to Citizen|Vertically Integrating an AI Superpower from AI Factory to Citizen]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Susan Kokinda|Susan Kokinda]] - [[wiki/Exploration|Exploration]] - [[wiki/Colour Revolutions Versus American Citizen Builders|Colour Revolutions Versus American Citizen Builders]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “The Artemis III mission flies next summer, and before this president’s term is out, future missions will take Americans back to the Moon’s surface, and a permanent base will follow. Within two years, the first nuclear-powered spacecraft will launch for Mars. And a new Space Academy is coming to give the next generations the opportunity to be more than baristas or cubicle dwellers.” — Susan Kokinda, The Saturday Wrap-Up, November 7, 2026 https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-susan-kokinda-america-will-return-to-the-moon-build-a-base-and-launch-for-mars ```