Click above to listen to part 3 of High Moon, featuring Greg Schmidt, Deputy Director of the Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute at NASA Ames Research Center, discussing the Lunar X Prize, other countries’ moon missions, as well as NASA’s future interests and technologies for human exploration of the moon.

High Moon:
Part 1: Andy Weir / Inside Artemis
Part 2: Allen Herbert / African Space Programs
Part 3: Greg Schmidt / Looming Moon Missions
Part 4: Jason Crusan / Lunar Gateway

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