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When the Artemis II crew returned to Earth, the headlines targeted on what the mission achieved: a profitable crewed flight past low Earth orbit (LEO), programs validated, and a program transferring ahead. However it has taken greater than 50 years to get again so far, with lengthy gaps in funding and shifting priorities alongside the way in which. For higher or worse, that appears to be altering. Lately, the push behind the area trade has felt stronger than it has in many years, and this may very well be the place that momentum actually begins to construct once more, with ripple results throughout the broader area financial system, together with areas like additive manufacturing (AM), which has began to show its worth in area a while in the past.
However that’s solely a part of the story.
Featured picture courtesy of NASA/Invoice Ingalls: The Artemis II crew (clockwise from left) Commander Reid Wiseman, Mission Specialist Christina Koch, Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen, and Pilot Victor Glover exterior the Orion spacecraft after their extremely anticipated return.
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