Comment by mmooss

Comment by mmooss 2 months ago

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Thanks for the article. For a comprehensive review of Artemis, in much detail, and other NASA missions, see this paper (free online and PDF versions available at the link):

NASA at a Crossroads: Maintaining Workforce, Infrastructure, and Technology Preeminence in the Coming Decades (2024)

http://nap.nationalacademies.org/27519

It's the report of a National Academies committee of experts - organized by their Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board, Space Studies Board, and Division on Engineering and Physical Science - formed to "review the critical facilities, workforce, and technology needed to achieve NASA's long-term strategic goals and mission objectives".

There is a lot of interesting material, both immediately topical and, being HN, of intellectual interest. See especially Appendix G, "NASA 20-Year Critical Missions", a list and overview of all the missions, and especially Appendix J "Technology Survey Papers", which goes into detail about critical technologies NASA needs to invent (many for Artemis) and their R&D.