Leonard David's INSIDE OUTER SPACE

Roadways on the moon – one aspect of Redwire’s Mason initiative funded by NASA.
Image credit: Redwire

Making Earth’s moon a long-term haven for human explorers, backed by incoming and outgoing supply chain traffic is foreseen by future planners – but also an outlook that is rife with technical challenges.

The Lunar Surface Innovation Consortium held a launch and landing facilities workshop on July 23, staged by the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland.

Specialists from NASA, industry and academia took part with an eye toward orchestrating an enduring human presence on the lunar landscape.

To read my new SpaceNews story – “Long-term moon mission safety depends on sturdy infrastructure” – go to:

https://spacenews.com/long-term-moon-mission-safety-depends-on-sturdy-infrastructure/