Back to Stay: NASA’s Campaign to Sustainably Return Humans to the Moon

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Back to Stay: NASA’s Campaign to Sustainably Return Humans to the Moon

Tara Ruttley / Neysa Call / Patrick Besha / Sam Scimemi / Rhianna Clemons / Skyler Hornback / Daniel Kennedy / Clara Jones / James Green

Abstract

The Artemis program has catalyzed NASA to develop principles of sustainability as the agency and its partners contemplate returning humans to the Moon, and then to Mars, for long-term exploration. The Office of Chief Scientist collaborates with directorates within NASA, as well as with other government agencies and stakeholders, to represent the scientific endeavors in the agency, including developing a working definition of sustainability. The stays on the lunar surface under the Artemis program will be longer that those via the Apollo missions. Studying the requirements, challenges, and lessons learned from decades of human spaceflight and from analog sites in hostile environments on Earth will inform a framework for human sustainability requirements. This paper will provide an overview of the core sustainability goals as identified by NASA’s Office of the Chief Scientist and describe several activities underway to support a broad-based lunar program with a long-term view of success and achievement.

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Title :

Back to Stay: NASA’s Campaign to Sustainably Return Humans to the Moon

Contributors:

Tara Ruttley (author) / Neysa Call (author) / Patrick Besha (author) / Sam Scimemi (author) / Rhianna Clemons (author) / Skyler Hornback (author) / Daniel Kennedy (author) / Clara Jones (author) / James Green (author)

Conference:

72nd International Astronautical Congress (IAC) ; 2021 ; Dubai, AE

Type of media :

Conference paper

Type of material :

No indication

Language :

English

Keywords :

Mars , Lunar And Planetary Science And Exploration , analog , heritage , sustainability , Moon , Artemis