CANDACE CAMPOS AND TRAFFIC SAFETY EXPERT TROOPER STEVE, THIS IS NEWS 6 AT 09:00AM
GETTING RESULTS.
>> JULIE: IN 2020 FOR NASA
PLANS ON LANDING THE FIRST
WOMAN AND NEXT MAN ON THE
MOON. SOMETHING THAT HASN’T
HAPPENED SINCE THE APOLLO ERA
SEEING THE ARTEMIS MISSION
SLOWLY COME TOGETHER AT
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER IS
EXCITING.
>> CANDACE: IN 2 WEEKS AGO,
THE SPACE LAUNCH SYSTEM CORE
STAGE ARRIVED AT THE KENNEDY
SPACE CENTER VIA BARGE. YEAH,
IT WAS PRETTY WATCHING IS SO
SLOW OF A LOT OF TIME AND
EFFORT GOES INTO A MISSIONS
SUCH AS THIS NEWS 6 DIGITAL
JOURNALIST AND SPACE CURIOUS
PODCAST HOST EMILY SPECK JOINS
US NOW. AND EMILY, WELCOME
BACK. NASA IS REALLY GETTING
SOME HELP, THOUGH WITH
RETURNING HUMANS TO THE MOON
IS BIG DEAL. THAT’S RIGHT.
THEY’RE GETTING A LOT OF
COMMERCIAL HELP THIS TIME.
>> IT’S NOT JUST NASA GOING
ALONE. THEY’VE ALWAYS KIND OF
HAD PARTNERS. BUT THIS TIME
COMMERCIAL SPACE IS REALLY
GOING TO MAKE IT HAPPEN FOR
THEM. AND EMILY IN THIS
EPISODE. HE TALKED WITH
INTUITIVE MACHINES CO-FOUNDER
TIM CRAIN ABOUT THE ROBOTIC
MOON LANDER. SO TELL US ABOUT
THAT. SO INTUITIVE MACHINES IS
ONE OF 2 COMPANIES SENDING A
MOON LANDER WITH NASA PAYLOADS
TO THE MOON TO THE LUNAR
SURFACE. AND THAT’S HAPPENING
THIS YEAR LATER THIS YEAR. SO
THAT’S REALLY EXCITING NOVA.
SEE WHAT YOU’RE SEEING RIGHT
NOW ON YOUR TV SCREEN. IT’S
KIND OF A IT’S A I THINK IT’S
ABOUT 8 FEET TALL ITS THE
LARGER OF THE MOON LANDERS
THAT’S HEADED TO THE MOON THIS
YEAR. SO IT’S GOING TO HAVE A
FEW NASA PAYLOAD ON TOP. 10
CRANE, THE ONE OF THE
CO-FOUNDERS OF INTUITIVE
MACHINES THAT THE HOUSTON
BASED COMPANY. HE TOLD ME
BASICALLY YOU KNOW, THEY’RE
THEY’RE REALLY READY TO GO
WITH THIS THING. AND IT’S 3RD
CITED ABOUT IT. THEY’VE GOT
THEIR MISSION CONTROL IN
HOUSTON. THEY’RE THEY’RE READY
TO LAUNCH THE SPACE X.
>> BRIDGETT: AND YOU SPOKE
WITH ASTRONAUTICAL SPACE
CONSULTING FIRM FOUNDER LAURA
FOR CHICKEN. WHAT DID SHE SAY
ABOUT WHAT WAS HER INSIGHT ON
THIS EPISODE ABOUT.
>> CANDACE: YEAH, REALLY
HELPED ME PUT THIS INTO
PERSPECTIVE. YOU KNOW, I KEPT
KIND OF THINKING AFTER LAST
EPISODE, WE TALK ABOUT ANOTHER
MOON LANDER THAT WE HAVEN’T
BEEN BACK TO THE MOON WE
LANDED ON THE MOON SURFACE
AMERICA. THAT IS 50 YEARS,
WHICH IS CRAZY THINK ABOUT
RAIN. WE’VE HAD THIS
TECHNOLOGY. SO LAURA, HELP ME
PUT THIS INTO PERSPECTIVE. YOU
KNOW, THE REASON WE REALLY
HAVEN’T BEEN BACK TO THE MOON
SO LONG. IT COMES DOWN TO A
COUPLE DIFFERENT REASONS. IT’S
REALLY POLITICAL AND THEN IT’S
MONETARY SO ITS FUNDING. AND
NOW THIS TIME WITH COMMERCIAL
COMPANIES, THEY’RE REALLY
MAKING THIS POSSIBLE BECAUSE
NASA’S AND DOING IT ALL ALONE.
THAT’S AWESOME. AND SO WHAT I
DID, GUESS THE BIG DIFFERENCES
BETWEEN APOLLO AND ARTEMIS
PROGRAM. YEAH. IT’S THAT
COLLABORATION. SO LIKE I SAID
BEFORE, APOLLO WAS A
NASA-FUNDED NASA RUN PROGRAM
AND THIS IS STILL NASA. STILL
PITCHING OUT THE DOLLARS. YOU
KNOW, THESE COMMERCIAL
COMPANIES ARE COMPETING FOR
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS CONTRACT.
SO AND SOMETIMES THAT CAN MAKE
OR BREAK A COMPANY. IT’S A BIG
DEAL. BUT, YOU KNOW, LAURA WAS
TELLING ME THAT NO ONE IN THE
APOLLO ERA COULD HAVE IMAGINED
THE COMMERCIAL SPACE BOOM THAT
WE’RE SEEING NOW WITH PROBABLY
OVER 400 COMMERCIAL SPACE
COMPANIES JUST
INTERNATIONALLY. SO THEY’RE
REALLY GOING TO MAKE THIS
HAPPEN BECAUSE NOW IT’S NOT
JUST NASA TECHNOLOGY. A
PRIVATE COMPANY OWNS THE
TECHNOLOGY AND THEY’RE GOING
TO CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN AT
WHERE NASA IS JUST A PAYING
CUSTOMER. AND WHAT IS CLIPS.
WHAT DOES THAT STAND FOR? AND
WHAT IS I NASA LOVES ITS
ACRONYMS OF OF COMMERCIAL
LUNAR SERVICES PAYLOAD. SO
THAT’S KIND OF WHAT THIS IS.
THIS IS THE THE UNCREWED. SO
NO PEOPLE ON ON THESE
SPACECRAFTS. BUT THESE ARE
GOING TO LAY THE GROUNDWORK
FOR HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT BACK TO
THE MOON. SO THAT’S PRETTY
EXCITING. BUT NASA HAS
SELECTED A COUPLE PRIVATE
COMPANIES TO SEND SCIENTIFIC
PAYLOADS FOR THEM TO THE LUNAR
SURFACE. AND HAVE AN ESTIMATE
TIME HERE OF WHEN WE COULD BE.
TIME HERE OF WHEN WE COULD BE. on THIS Equinox. >> WHEN SO RIGHT NOW THAT’S A
LITTLE BIT IN FLUX. AN ONGOING
REVIEW AT NASA THAT’S SUPPOSED
TO WRAP UP PRETTY SOON. IF IT
HASN’T ALREADY. BUT THE
DEADLINE IS STILL OR THE
TIMELINE IS STILL 2024, WHICH
IS VERY SOON. THESE LUNAR
LANDERS WHICH DON’T HAVE
HUMANS ON BOARD AGAIN, YOU
KNOW, THEY’RE HOPEFULLY
WATCHING AT THE END OF THIS IT
WAS NOVEMBER DECEMBER TIME
FRAME.
>> CANDACE: ALL RIGHT, EMILY,
THANK YOU. AND THE NEWEST
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