An artist illustration of American astronauts on the moon by 2024
An artist illustration of American astronauts on the moon by 2024. Credit: NASA.

In April the Trump administration surprised everyone by announcing that it was directing NASA to land American astronauts on the moon within five years.

In today’s SpaceQ Podcast weโ€™re featuring a Future In-Space Operation teleconference with Steve Clarke from the NASA headquarters where he is the Deputy Associate Administrator for Exploration in NASAโ€™s Science Mission Directorate.

Steve spoke about NASAโ€™s Exploration Campaign providing an update on the program and where itโ€™s headed.ย The teleconference was held on April 17th after the Trump administration had made its bold announcement. Steve addressed some the issues NASA needs to consider in attempting to meet theย Trump administrations goal.

He spent some time discussing theย Lunar Discovery and Exploration Program and the Commercial Lunar Payload Services as well as international partnerships.

The presentation he mentions is available below.

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Marc Boucher is an entrepreneur, writer, editor, podcaster and publisher. He is the founder of SpaceQ Media. Marc has 30+ years working in various roles in media, space sector not-for-profits, and internet content development.

Marc started his first Internet creator content business in 1992 and hasn't looked back. When not working Marc loves to explore Canada, the world and document nature through his photography.

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