February 2
To the Moon and Back Again: The Science of Artemis
Dr. Barbara Cohen
NASA GSFC
Abstract: With the Artemis campaign, NASA and the world are exploring the Moon for scientific discovery, technology advancement, and to learn how to live and work on another world as we prepare for human missions to Mars. The Moon is a 4.5-billion-year-old time capsule, pristinely preserved by the cold vacuum of space. It is a witness to billions of years of solar activity and large collisions that allowed life to gain a foothold in the solar system. The Moon holds clues to the evolution of Earth, the planets, the Sun, and even cosmic rays from across the galaxy. Through Artemis, NASA will address high priority science questions, focusing on those that are best accomplished by on-site human explorers on and around the Moon and Mars by using robotic surface and orbiting systems.
Host: Ben Sharkey