Location
Holiday Inn, Manatee Room C
Start Date
30-4-1997 1:00 PM
Description
What, exactly, can we learn from currently anticipated missions to low earth orbit (LEO) that can be successfully extrapolated with regard to a permanent human presence on (in) the moon?
There are days when it seems appropriate to wonder if it is still acceptable to say “return to the moon” out loud. Nonetheless, there is a quiet movement toward a return to Lunar missions within the aerospace industry. Slowly, often without funding, regardless of public or sometimes even corporate support, engineers and technicians are diligently concentrating on the work which will make those missions possible. One example which comes to mind is the redesign of pressure suits — which takes into consideration the need to function in 1/6 in the presence of Lunar dust and shards of regolith. They are even referred to, when no one is listening, as “moon suits”.
Paper Session II-C - Leo to Luna: Gathering New Information for the Establishment of a Permanent Presence in Space
Holiday Inn, Manatee Room C
What, exactly, can we learn from currently anticipated missions to low earth orbit (LEO) that can be successfully extrapolated with regard to a permanent human presence on (in) the moon?
There are days when it seems appropriate to wonder if it is still acceptable to say “return to the moon” out loud. Nonetheless, there is a quiet movement toward a return to Lunar missions within the aerospace industry. Slowly, often without funding, regardless of public or sometimes even corporate support, engineers and technicians are diligently concentrating on the work which will make those missions possible. One example which comes to mind is the redesign of pressure suits — which takes into consideration the need to function in 1/6 in the presence of Lunar dust and shards of regolith. They are even referred to, when no one is listening, as “moon suits”.
