NASA Artemis Program - 2024

[Graeme]

REF 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis...

REF 2: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-out...

"The Artemis program is an ongoing crewed spaceflight program carried out predominantly by NASA, U.S. commercial spaceflight companies, and international partners such as the European Space Agency (ESA), the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and the Australian Space Agency (ASA) with the goal of landing "the first woman and the next man" on the Moon, specifically at the lunar south pole region by 2024.[2] NASA sees Artemis as the next step towards the long-term goal of establishing a sustainable presence on the Moon, laying the foundation for private companies to build a lunar economy, and eventually sending humans to Mars."

Probably getting slowed down by COVID-19, but what are your impressions, thoughts, feelings about returning to the Moon, and progressing from there into the Solar system?

Thoughts?

[Philip]

Space X with Dragon are continuing flights and development. Not seen an update on Blue Origin or Virgin. US Military launched satellite last week. Not been following as closely as I normally do. I frequently mention Space X because of the sheer brilliance of the booster landings especially the dual booster landings.

Quite a few astronauts from ISS have been interviewed about isolation.

I really hope NASA does go back soon and that it is an international effort like ISS. More hope for humanity.

[Nik]

While space expansion is just a matter of time and can happen already this century, the legal framework should better be achieved to avoid future collisions or confrontations. The Moon treaty is ignored by most space capable countries: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_Tr...
Maybe Antarctica model can ensure peaceful coexistence: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarct...