One sign of how far NASA is willing to go in its quest to land astronauts on the Moon in 2024-four years earlier than previously planned-came during the agency's announcement of design contracts for human lunar landing systems. NASA revealed that the lunar-orbiting Gateway, intended to be the building block for an international collaboration to explore and exploit the Moon, was unlikely to be part of the architecture for the first crewed landing. "The Gateway is important for a sustainable architecture," NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine told reporters on April 30. "But it also is important to note that we have the priority to get to the Moon by 2024, and we believe that does not require the Gateway. In fact, I would go as far as to say it's not likely that we will use the Gateway for the 2024 mission." Lead architect for the revamped Moon plan, ordered by the Trump administration in March 2019, has been space policy guru Douglas Loverro, whom Bridenstine recruited last year after sidelining longtime spaceflight chief William Gerstenmaier.
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机译：在原子能机构宣布人类月球登陆系统的设计合同中，在2024-四年前，美国国家航空航天局愿意在月球上追捕宇航员的一个标志。美国宇航局透露，月球轨道门户，旨在成为国际合作探索和利用月球的建筑块，不太可能成为第一次营业着陆的建筑的一部分。 “门户对可持续建筑很重要，”美国宇航局管理人员吉姆布里德纳斯汀在4月30日告诉记者。“但是，重要的是要注意，我们有优先达到2024年的月球，我们相信不需要门户。事实上，我会谨此说我们不太可能使用2024个使命的网关。“ 2019年3月的特朗普政府命令的Revamped Moon计划的领导架构师一直是空间政策Guru Douglas Loverro，这是在Longtime Spaceflight首席William Gerstenmaier侧面招聘的Bridenstine。
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