The colonization of space by man is now an expected event. It is now something that is achievable and an event that today’s generations of people will see implemented in the coming decades. But why humanity is not already installed in space has a simple answer. Because the right investments had not been made until now.
In the 1960s, the U.S. federal government spent 5,7% of its federal budget to achieve John Kennedy’s presidency goal of safely sending a man to the Moon and returning him to earth.
by Thanos S. Chonthrogiannis
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Nowadays these government spending has been reduced to 0.8% respectively. On the other hand, the driving force at the time was the high us competition with the USSR, whereas today this competition does not exist. The funds that fall short of the 5,7% of the 1960s are offered by private investors.
The new spaceship
In the spring of 2020, NASA selected three companies out of five that submitted proposals to build the new lunar planet that will return humans back to the surface of the Moon.
These private companies are Space X, Dyne tics and Blue Origin, one of which will build the spacecraft that will carry the first woman to the surface of the Moon with the Artemis program, a name as opposed to the name of the previous program (Apollo).
The three companies received contracts totaling $967m in 2014. to present their proposals in full by February 2021. The journey to the Moon will take place with the Space Launch System rocket system and the main spacecraft will be called Orion, specifically in 2024 or 2025.
The new spacecraft will be able to carry up to six astronauts to the International Space Station. But the same spacecraft will also be used to return to the Moon around 2025 and will also be used to prepare for the first visit to the red planet.
Its equipment will include the most modern artificial intelligence and computer machines etc., while the aim of its manufacturing program is to be reusable up to ten times.
For the return to earth a system of special parachutes and shock absorbers will allow its landing not only at sea but also on land.
Returning to the Moon
This year of man’s return to the Moon will also be the milestone year for his return forever and a new beginning for the expansion of human activities in the solar system, hoping to achieve man’s first visit to Mars in 2040.
Based on NASA’s announcements, the Artemis program will place the first woman and man on the Moon. Russia, for its part, has announced that by 2030 it will have acquired a permanent colony on the Moon with a community of 4-12 people.
Japan plans to do the same by 2030. China intends to do the same by 2036. The European Space Agency (ESA) has already announced the creation of an International Lunar Village with the help of large 3D printer manufacturers.
We have all now realized that the earth is the bed of humanity, but it must be “spilled” into space for new settlements.
