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Meeting	ACGS Committee Meeting 133 - Asheville, NC - November 2024
Agenda Location	6 SUBCOMMITTEE B – MISSILES AND SPACE 6.1 Placing Americans on the Moon: A Look at the Technical and Political Contexts
Title	Placing Americans on the Moon: A Look at the Technical and Political Contexts
Presenter	Phil Hattis
Affiliation	Draper
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Abstract	America’s current plans to return humans to the Moon are detailed in the historical, technical, and political contexts from the beginning of the space age to the present. The events that led to the initiation of the Apollo program and the challenges that were overcome before its ultimate success are addressed. Factors that led to the subsequent US human spaceflight program focus on Earth orbit capabilities are reviewed. Ensuing but faltering efforts to reinitiate deep-space human spaceflight capabilities are discussed, including how the Columbia Space Shuttle accident influenced a refocus on human exploration goals. The initiation and status over the last decade of the Artemis program is also covered in the context of new international human space exploration competition and collaborations, including account for the longer-term goal of placing humans on Mars. Finally, some thoughts are offered on sustainable rationales for human space exploration.