Reasons why NASA insists on returning humans to the moon

Artemis is one of the names of NASA’s new mission in 2022. Artemis I intended to test rockets Space launch system new NASA and the Orion spaceship inside. If all goes to plan on the second attempt, she will orbit the Moon on a 42-day monitoring flight before returning to Earth.

If successful, Artemis I will proceed to launch Artemis II in 2024, a mission fly over a manned moon, and then Artemis III in 2025, when NASA astronauts will actually land on the lunar surface.

The project is intended to get more women involved in the rebooted US space program. It was noted that 30 percent of female engineers were involved in the construction design of Artemis I, and the ship carried two dummies to test the effects of radiation on women’s bodies with the goal of improving safety for future female astronauts.

The hope is that Artemis III will bring the first woman and first black person to the lunar surface within three years.

To reflect aspirations feminist From this mission, NASA named the mission Artemis after the ancient Greek goddess of the same name, daughter of Zeus and Leto and twin sister of Apollo, the sun god.

Artemis, quoting Greek journalistWednesday (7/12/2022) referred to by the poet Homer as “The mistress of the animals” or “She of the forest”, often symbolized by a bow and arrow or a deer and known to the Romans as Diana.

One of the most famous myths involving Artemis is that of the hunter Achteon, who saw Artemis bathing naked in a secluded pond, angering the goddess and turning her into a stag, whereupon she was torn apart and eaten by her hunting dogs. .alone.