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Artemis II launch: 'Demonstrates that human flight gets a lot of attention' says former Wash U professor

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Hancock and Kelley

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Apr 3, 2026

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402

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Summary

Dr Ray Arvidson is the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor Emeritus at Wash U & a member of the Mars Science Laboratory and Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter mission science team. He joins Hancock and Kelley to talk about the importance of the Artemis II mission and its goals. Could there be colonization of the moon? He predicts, 'bases, kind of like Antarctica,' will be established there, pointing out the large amount of potential resources on the Moon.