{"id":9920,"date":"2025-02-07T19:35:49","date_gmt":"2025-02-07T11:35:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/nasa-leaders-artemis-contractors-argue-importance-of-architecture-continuity-for-returning-to-the-moon\/"},"modified":"2025-02-07T19:35:49","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T11:35:49","slug":"nasa-leaders-artemis-contractors-argue-importance-of-architecture-continuity-for-returning-to-the-moon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/nasa-leaders-artemis-contractors-argue-importance-of-architecture-continuity-for-returning-to-the-moon\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA leaders, Artemis contractors argue importance of architecture continuity for returning to the Moon"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Artemis 2 crew, standing in from of their Artemis spacecraft, discusses their planned around-the-moon flight with reporters at the Kennedy Space Center. Left to right: commander Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen. Image: Adam Bernstein\/Spaceflight Now.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

While assembly of the Space Launch System rocket continues at the Kennedy Space Center, NASA and its prime contractors supporting the Artemis program are arguing for the continuity of the program\u2019s current architecture. The statements come as some in the space community are arguing that the U.S. should bypass the Moon and focus on Mars exploration instead.<\/p>\n

Speaking during a panel at the annual SpaceCom conference in Orlando in January, Kirk Shireman, the vice president of Human Space Exploration and the Orion Program Manager for Lockheed Martin said he\u2019s telling his workforce to stay the course as the new administration continues reforms across multiple other areas of the federal government.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt least every four years, or likely every four years, an administration changes and there\u2019s uncertainty,\u201d Shireman said. \u201cThe best thing we can do is keep your head down and work as hard as you can and do the things that our nation tasked us to do.\u201d<\/p>\n