Keynote lecture

Artemis and beyond – humankind’s future on the Moon

We are currently in a time of unprecedented access to space, with mind-blowing satellite constellations, a score of interplanetary probes and two continuously crewed space stations. Yet in this flurry of activity there are intriguing echoes of a long-gone era. Six decades ago, the Apollo project enthralled the world – today we are witnessing a new venture with ambitions that could hardly be more different from Apollo’s flags and footprints. Artemis aims to achieve nothing less than a permanent human presence on the Moon. Join Fred Watson as he unpicks the past, present and future of lunar exploration in this entertaining and copiously illustrated talk.