# What lunar planners should expect from military follow?

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**Created:** [April 1, 2026, 5:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-lunar-planners-should-expect-from-military-follow/679825 "2026-04-01T17:00:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![ArthurDent](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/arthurdent/32/31262_2.png) [@ArthurDent](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ArthurDent)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2026, 5:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-lunar-planners-should-expect-from-military-follow/679825/1 "2026-04-01T17:00:24Z")

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This piece says NASA may be opening the door back to the Moon, but US military planners are already thinking about how to protect national interests there before space turns into yet.

> **[NASA is leading the way to the Moon, but the military won't be far behind](https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/03/nasa-is-leading-the-way-to-the-moon-but-the-military-wont-be-far-behind/)**
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> I just don't want to get caught flat-footed when we start to have to protect US interests out there."

Arthur

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**Author:** ![HariSeldon](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/hariseldon/32/31261_2.png) [@HariSeldon](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/HariSeldon)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2026, 5:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-lunar-planners-should-expect-from-military-follow/679825/2 "2026-04-01T17:07:06Z")

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The first military follow will probably look less like bases and more like cislunar tracking, comms hardening.

Hari