Recently, NASA launched the Artemis 1 mission by launching the Orion vehicle. Howard Hu, the head of NASA’s Orion mission, made interesting statements about the future of lunar missions.
Hu, who made a statement when the Orion vehicle, which is currently at a distance of about 130 thousand kilometers from the Moon, was launched, used the phrase “It is a historic day for manned space flights.” The underlying meaning of this phrase may be deeper than we think.
We can start living on the Moon in the next 10 years.
Hu, who was a guest on a television program, also announced that the Artemis task would come in his statements. Reaffirming that the launch of the Orion vehicle for NASA is a historic mission, Hu said, “This is also a historic day for anyone who loves manned spaceflight and deep space exploration.” used the phrases.
Expressing that the return to the Moon should be done with a sustainable program, Hu stated that Orion will carry people to land on the Moon again. Then he reminded that if the current flight is successful, it will be renewed as manned. Thus, 50 years after the last expedition in 1972, we will set foot on the Moon again.
Hu said that the ongoing mission is progressing well, and that all systems are working and the teams are working for the ignition, which will put the spacecraft in an orbit around the Moon.
One of the key stages of the Artemis 1 mission is ensuring the vehicle is landed safely on Earth. If the vehicle enters the atmosphere at a speed of 38 thousand kilometers per hour, the temperature that the vehicle will be exposed to will be 3000 degrees.
According to Hu’s statements, in the continuation of the Artemis 1 mission, the transition to settled life on the Moon’s surface will accelerate, and people will begin to live on the Moon in a 10-year period. These scientific studies will focus specifically on the presence of water at the Moon’s south pole. Thus, the Moon will become an important base for humanity to set foot on planets such as Mars.
The Orion capsule will return to Earth on December 11.
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