NASA and the Canadian Space Agency have agreed, among other things, to include a Canadian astronaut on the Artemis II mission, which is envisaged to take four astronauts around the moon in 2023, Space Policy reports Online reports. Artemis II will be ahead of Artemis The third year is the mission to land on the moon next year, however, most people believe that date is unrealistic.
Other parts of the agreement deal with the development and installation of a lunar gateway, a planned lunar orbital transfer station, and a Canadian-built robotic arm. Another Canadian astronaut will go on a mission to the Moon Gateway.
A Canadian-Canadian astronaut will be the first non-American to venture out of low-Earth orbit. Inclusion explains that Artemis is not your grandfather’s lunar research program. The international aspect of the 21st century moonshot is a long-standing example. As far back as 1984, President Ronald Reagan announced the project, which eventually became the International Space Station, with Canada, Japan and Western Europe as partners. Later President Bill Clinton brought Russia as a partner of the space station.
The Apollo Race to the Moon was held to prove America’s technological superiority from the Soviet Union. The program was brilliantly successful in this goal. The Soviets never came out of humiliation.
The Artemis program has a similar, but subtle political purpose. By seeking astronauts to return to the moon and international participation in the venture, the United States seeks to establish itself as a world leader in space exploration. The U.S. also expects to receive a large amount of international goodwill by inviting other countries to participate in the Artemis, including Americans with their citizens walking on the moon.
Artemis will perform before China, which also has lunar ambitions, a country that still has to do the same thing in the country where humans landed on the moon 500 years ago. Now, the United States is a world leader in space exploration. China is by no means a candidate for a space exploration partnership because of its unexplained hostility toward the United States and the rest of the Western world.
The third purpose of the Artemis International Partnership is to prevent the incoming Biden administration from canceling the project. Keeping international partners for Artemis, the Trump administration hopes it is impossible to cancel the bid to cancel the project. Team Biden has raised the issue of Trump’s withdrawal from international agreements such as the Paris Climate Accords and the Iran nuclear deal. The future bidder was to break contracts, including the Artemis Accords, which seeks to define what creates good behavior in a space that would not look good if given a rhetoric.
Jim Bridenstein
James (Jim) Frederick Brydenstana NASA selects the next Artemis Moonwalkers when the first Starship flew to break the SpaceX sound barrier, Chuck Yager died in Hill The Hill’s Morning Report – presented by Facebook – to face Congress at the end of the year; Biden prefers his defense secretary, The outgoing NASA administrator, has proved his worth by negotiating various Artemis agreements. In addition to the Canadian agreement, his recent feat will persuade Brazil to join the growing list of countries that have become part of the Artemis Accord.
Ironically, Democrats in the Senate Commerce Committee criticized Brydenstein during their confirmation hearing, claiming that NASA needed a “aerospace professional” as its leader, rather than a politician (he was a member of Congress at the time). Bridenstein got confirmed anyway. He has since used his political skills not only for Artemis’ bipartisan congressional approval, but also for international support.
Bridenstein has promised to step down as NASA’s administrator once Biden is sworn in as president of the United States. The decision creates a tragedy as the former congressman and naval pilot in charge of the space agency did a very good job, even defeating his former critics. Whatever Team Biden chooses to replace Bridenstein, he or she should have someone with the skill set and passion to bring Artemis home, considering the current head of NASA’s human space flight efforts, which include Artemis and the commercial crew program.
As for Bridenstein, he could be offered the position of special envoy for space exploration, so that he could continue his diplomatic mission, building the Artemis Alliance to return to the moon.
Many astronauts from other countries follow that first Canadian in deep space. They will also come from Europe, Asia and possibly the Middle East. America went to the moon alone before the eyes of the world 50 years ago. This time it will lead the world to the lunar surface and thus it will gain international influence and credibility.
Mark Whitting, a frequent writer on space and politics, has published a political study of space exploration, why is it so difficult? As well as “Moon, Mars and Beyond. He blogged on Carmudgens Corner.” They have been published in the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, The Hill, USA Today, LA Times and Washington Post, among other places.
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