Will the "Artemis" missions put a woman on the moon?

[llivinglarge]

Just wondering.

 

[baktothemoon]

For those of us who don't know what "Artemis" is, please enlighten us. Is Artemis supposed to be the name of the CEV?<br /><br />"Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country." John F. Kennedy

 

[lunatic133]

Yes, Artemis is the name of the lunar-specific part of the CEV I think.<br /><br />To answer the original question, I say probably, since there are plenty of woman shuttle astronauts, there will probably be woman CEV astronauts as well. And for PR purposes, they practically have to.

 

[chriscdc]

I'm willing to bet that the first person to step back on the moon will be a women simply to make up for the fact that only men have so far.

 

[vt_hokie]

<i>I'm willing to bet that the first person to step back on the moon will be a women simply to make up for the fact that only men have so far. </i><br /><br />Probably, although I hate those kinds of knee jerk reactions in society. We'll only truly have equality when it really is just random odds, and gender doesn't factor into the decision of who goes first.

 

[n_kitson]

I have to agree with you that women will play a role in the lunar exploration from an early stage. <br /><br />However, I don't think it is because only men have gone so far. Nor do I agree with the *other* thread on women in space, where it seems implied many seem to consider the only useful purpose of women in space to be (i) look hot (ii) make sex in space possible <img src="/images/icons/frown.gif" /><br /><br />Scientific hypothesis seems to indicate that all-female crews will function better together in a stressful environment such as a long duration confinement in close quarters than mixed sex or all male crews will. I don't think the first footprints of the new millenium on the moon will belong to a woman, but I am convinced that all the footprints of the first crew on Mars will be female.<br />

 

[trailrider]

"I'm willing to bet that the first person to step back on the moon will be a women simply to make up for the fact that only men have so far.<br /><br />Probably, although I hate those kinds of knee jerk reactions in society. We'll only truly have equality when it really is just random odds, and gender doesn't factor into the decision of who goes first."<br /><br />When astronauts were being selected for Apollo, the requirements were almost universally that they were experienced jet pilots. At that point in U.S. aviation history, there were very few women jet pilots, and, YES, there was prejudice against women boldly going where no one had gone before. The Soviets did put up a woman cosmonaut! But this was mainly done for propaganda purposes. Plus, the Soviet/Russian spacecraft had a greater degree of automatic control, and were larger, so they could get away with less experienced crews in general.<br /><br />Nowadays, there are plenty of fully qualified female pilots, engineers and scientists. I'm reasonably SURE that personality and the ability to cope with the publicity WILL play a part in the selection of the first few women to go to the moon, but the major factor will be experience, and mission objectives. I do NOT think there will be all-female or all-male crews for the sake of privacy, anymore than there has been on Shuttle and ISS missions. Crews for lunar exploration and later Mars missions will be selected for compatability in their personalities, plus mission specialties.<br /><br />Let's just GET THERE!<br /><br />Ad Luna! Ad Ares! Ad Astra!

 

[CalliArcale]

I would argue that Tereshkova's flight wasn't mainly for propaganda purposes but ENTIRELY for propaganda purposes. Korolev in particular did not like her, or the idea of women in space, and sent her up only grudgingly because the politicians demanded it.<br /><br />There was a brief attempt to get women involved in the early American space program. Read about the Mercury 14. There was a combination of qualification and prejudice working against them. Cultures do not change overnight. But today things are different. There are enough women flying supersonic fighters that I have no doubt they'll find some adequately qualified women. There are also more women being taken seriously in the sciences, and I'm sure they'll want to send scientist-astronauts along.<br /><br />That said, I've also no doubt that the ratio of men to women in the astronaut corps will still favor men. It's just the way it is right now. Not enough women are entering the fields neccesary to get into astronautics later on. That's good news for lunatic. <img src="/images/icons/wink.gif" /> She'll have less competition from her own gender. I am not a proponent of quotas for the sake of political correctness, especially in such an expensive endeavor -- NASA should select the most qualified candidates, regardless of race or gender. They cannot afford to pick based on unimportant things like sex. Maybe someday they can afford to do that, but I would hope that by then there would be no use for any kind of quotas anyway. <img src="/images/icons/wink.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p><font color="#666699"><em>"People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint it's more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly . . . timey wimey . . . stuff."</em>  -- The Tenth Doctor, "Blink"</font></p> </div>

 

[spacefire]

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