American Institute Of Aeronautics And Astronautics Hosts 3rd International Space Architecture Gathering On March 27
The Los Angeles-Las Vegas Section Of AIAA To Bring Space Architects From Around World Together (Virtually) This Saturday, With 19 Experts Speaking On Structure Design In Space And On / Around Other Worlds Such As Moon And Mars And Applicability Of Such Designs In Meeting Terrestrial Needs; Forum Will Feature An Opening Welcome From AIAA Executive Director (T) Dan Dumbacher, Moderation / Keynote From (B) Madhu Thangavelu Of USC And Talks From Professional And Academic Space Builders From Australia, Austria, California, Denmark, Florida, Hawaii, Italy, New York, North Dakota And Texas.
Imaged: Centennial Challenge Winner for a 3D-Printed Habitat, Mars Ice House
Credits: NASA, USC, AIAA
Political Consensus For NASA-led Return To Moon Emerging As White House Press Secretary 
3 USA Companies Competing To Build Human Landers To Carry Artemis Team To Moon Surface Have 10-Month Base Period Extended NLT 30 April, 1 Year After NASA Announcement Of Fixed Price Contracts To Blue Origin (With Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Draper), Dynetics (With Sierra Nevada Corporation, Paragon) And SpaceX Via Next Space Technologies For Exploration Partnerships Totaling US$967M; Funding Needed To Build 2 Winning Designs Projected $3.2B, Current Funding Appropriations Remain Around $850M; Space Advocates Urge Biden / Harris Administration To Prioritize First Woman On Moon / Lunar Exploration
Washington-Based Blue Origin Progresses “Opening Space To All” Goal With New Shepard Suborbital Spacecraft, “Getting Really Close To Flying Humans” On 11-Minute Suborbital Tourism Flights, Declares Director Of Astronaut And Orbital Sales Ariane Cornell After Mission NS-14 Lofting Mannequin Skywalker Test Dummy 105,938 Meters Via BE-3 Liquid Oxygen / Hydrogen Engines, Also Intended For Use On Lunar Lander Blue Moon, Should It Be Selected By NASA For Artemis Program; BE-4 Liquefied Natural Gas Engines Are To Power 7-m Diameter New Glenn Launch System With Flight Expected This Year, Both Being Manufactured In Huntsville Facility
ESA Must Remain Relevant Amongst Spacefaring Powers USA, Rising China And India With Long Term Vision / Investment (ESA 2020 Budget = US$7.82B, NASA = $22.6B), Europe Human Landing On Moon By Decade End, Says ESA Director Of Human & Robotic Exploration David Parker At European Space Conference; MVA (Giuseppe Reibaldi, Aline Decadi) Promotes Women On The Moon Initiative; ILEWG (Bernard Foing) Advancing Lunar Exploration; Astronomy From The Moon Championed By Ian Crawford, Martin Elvis, Joseph Silk And John Zarnecki Of UK Royal Society
NASA HLS Program Manager Dr. Lisa Watson-Morgan (L) And HEOMD Administrator Kathy Lueders Expected To Designate HLS Winner From 3 Contenders Soon, Contract Base Period Ending February; Blue Origin Was Awarded $579M To Develop Traditional 3-Stage System; Dynetics $253M For Single Stage Craft Supported By Vulcan Centaur Refueling Rockets; SpaceX $135M For Starship-Based System (Moonship) Which Also Relies On In-Space Cryogenic Refueling; Total Allotment To Build HLS Currently Meager $850M, NASA Estimates $3.3B Necessary
Priorities And Advantageous Conditions For Science During NASA Human Landing Officially Planned For 2024 Include Moon As Stable / Quiet Platform For Farside Long Wavelength Radio Observation, With Special Attention On 21-cm “Dark Ages” Spectrum From Dawn Of Universe; Position Just Outside Earth Magnetosphere Conducive To Heliophysical Investigations On Electrodynamic Interactions With Surrounding Plasma Fields; Low Seismicity Ideal For Interferometer-Based Study Of Relatively / Gravitational Waves And Calibration; 60 Earth-Radii Distance 4x Shorter Than L1 Point Used For Long-Term Climate Observation; Lunar Cataclysm Hypothesis May Be Validated Via South Pole-Aitken Basin Sample Return If Dated 4.1Ga / Younger
Lunar Surface Innovation Initiative, In Collaboration With Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory And Arizona State University Interplanetary Initiative, Hosts Lunar Surface Innovation Consortium 14 -15 Oct Online; NASA Administrator Bridenstine (L) To Give Keynote Address Wednesday At 11:45 EDT In Which Artemis 2024 Updates And Next Batch Of ‘Tipping Point’ Industry Partners For Development Of Sustainable Lunar Exploration Technology Are To Be Announced; Award Topics Include Cryogenic Fluid Management, Lunar Surface Power / Distribution And Propulsion; Private Partners Expected To Contribute ≥ 25% Of Program Costs