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know that will happen as a part of
Artemis, and that is the exciting
part too. It may be a relationship
where we are helping each other
and it helps us pull that whole
economy with us.
The biggest risk we face in pull-
ing off Artemis isn’t the technical
challenges. It’s the political risks.
It’s making sure the public under-
stands the value in investing in
what we do and sees the potential
for spinoffs from all this to improve
life here on Earth. We will look to
develop supply chains outside of
Earth’s orbit. We may also solve
some of our greenhouse-gas problems
here on Earth because we will look at
ways to harness fuels and energies out-
side the bounds of Earth’s gravity.
QWhat particular technologies are you looking at right now, and what
are some of the problems you want to
solve logistically?
AWe have all the technologies to pull this mission off. The biggest
change for us from the International
Space Station today and the Apollo
mission in the ’60s is that we have
always had a crew. We have always
had a person there. One of the biggest
things we are trying to figure out is
how to do things autonomously. So, if
we bring up this huge cargo container
to pre-dock to Gateway, how do we
make sure the unloading and retrieval
process is as efficient as possible for
our crew when they get up there? We
don’t want them spending a lot of time
trying to find things or moving things
around. So, can we use internal robotics? How can we have the right systems
that intelligently help them find what
they need—whether it’s the food for
the next week or a piece that they’re
looking for?
We are looking for a lot of different
ways to leverage artificial intelligence
and to leverage autonomy. We know
we have a different radiation environment out there, so that is something
we’re working on. We know there will
be hazards created by the lunar dust
that gets kicked up when we go down
to the moon’s surface. We’ve got a lot
of things that we’re working on, but I
think one of the biggest ones to leverage
with the Earth-based logistics community is autonomy and how to be as
efficient as possible.
QWhat type of earthbound logistics upport are you looking for to help
pull all of this together?
ARight now for the space sta- tion, we have warehousing that
happens in Houston and packing that
happens here at the Kennedy Space
Center. We are hoping to leverage some
of that, but we know this is going to
