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Artemis, Orion and the quest to get humans to the moon again
A virtual tour of European Service Modules headed for the moon on NASA s human spaceflight program Artemis is not what it seems. Astronauts will fly to the moon and an orbiting base but it s gentlemen first, please.
A cleanroom is a surreal space inhabited almost exclusively by enthusiastic men
If you ve ever been on a tour of a cleanroom a sterile environment where engineers build and test satellites and other spacecraft you will know it s a pretty surreal experience.
You re standing there, starring up at a rough and unfinished-looking object, seemingly wrapped in kitchen aluminum foil, with wires and solar panels sticking out at various angles and it s tough imagining what the thing will actually do when it s in an operational environment.
Speaking at a press briefing, Prof Woerner said: “What I heard all the time – also during the Trump administration – but what we heard from Nasa is that the schedule to go to the Moon and land people on the surface of the Moon in 2024 is really difficult. “Therefore I believe that now, with all these changes, the pressure is a little bit off, and therefore I believe there will be humans on the surface of the Moon soon. “And maybe – I don’t have a crystal ball – but let’s say I’m sure that in 2025/2026 there will be something.
A European astronaut could be on a mission to the Moon by the end of the decade, the head of the European Space Agency (ESA) has said.
ESA director-general Jan Woerner said he prefers to think of missions to the Earth’s satellite as going “forward” to the Moon, rather than “going back” to it.
He added that he thinks it is unlikely people will be on the surface of the Moon in 2024, and that it will probably take a couple more years.
Speaking at a press briefing, Prof Woerner said: “What I heard all the time – also during the Trump administration – but what we heard from Nasa is that the schedule to go to the Moon and land people on the surface of the Moon in 2024 is really difficult.
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