Future exploration of the Moon By Professor Ian Crawford – At NMM Theatre + Zoom

There is renewed scientific interest in our nearest celestial neighbour. Numerous robotic missions to Moon are planned in the coming years, and NASA plans to resume human exploration with the Artemis programme from the middle of this decade. In the longer term, plans are being developed for the establishment of one or more permanently staffed scientific research stations on the lunar surface. There is also growing interest in the possible use of lunar resources to sustain a cis-lunar space economy. In this talk, Professor Ian Crawford will summarise these exciting developments, with particular emphasis on their benefits for increased scientific understanding of both the Moon itself and the wider universe.

Speaker: Professor Ian Crawford, Professor of Planetary Science and Astrobiology, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Birkbeck, University of London

Ian’s research activities mostly lie in the fields of planetary science (especially lunar science and exploration), and astrobiology (the search for life in the Universe). He has long had an interest in the future of space exploration, and is convinced that space exploration and development will prove to be of central importance for the future of humanity. Ian came to planetary science from an earlier career in observational astronomy, during which he conducted studies of the interstellar medium.

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