Dhaka, Oct. 24 -- NASA leaders have begun factoring meteor strike risks into their long-term plans to establish a permanent human outpost on the Moon.

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman says potential environmental hazards must be addressed before humans establish a continuous presence on the lunar surface, according to The Independent.

The safety evaluations follow revelations that a building-sized asteroid struck the lunar surface in 2024, leaving a crater roughly 222m (728ft) wide and 43m(141ft) deep.

While scientists have classified the impact as a "once-in-a-century" occurrence, smaller meteoroids strike the atmosphere-less Moon with much higher frequency.

Astronauts aboard the Artemis II mission earlier this year observed several...