Introduction

Create the future!

Major Space Agencies around the world have recently announced their interest in returning humans to the Moon as a possible stepping-stone towards Mars, and eventually beyond. Many ideas, missions and concepts being considered emphasize a combined MOONMARS exploration strategy for humans, rather than focusing on one destination or the other. Given that such missions will not take place for several years to come and will take even more years to complete, the workforce that will be undertaking this next stage of space exploration are either students in today’s schools and universities or just beginning their careers in the space sector.

To represent this group of future program managers, engineers, physicists, biologists, architects etc., the MoonMars Workshop (MMW) was formed to act as a forum and showcase the visions and concerns of the next generation of space workforce focusing on the manned and robotic exploration of the Moon and Mars.

Opportunities

There are many options for you to become involved in the Moon Mars Working Group. This can be done via our online forums, annual meetings, dedicated workshops based in space agencies and universities or smaller locally organized workshops and lecturers run by MMW delegates.

The MOONMARS Workshops will provide the opportunity for youth delegates from around the world to meet in person with experts in the field to discuss the topic in-depth. With expert consultation, a meaningful and unified youth perspective on ongoing and future initiatives related to MoonMars exploration will be produced and presented to world space leaders and other enthusiasts at the International Astronautics Congress immediately following the workshop.

Delegates, were expected to contribute strongly to on-line preparatory work and background reading in the weeks leading up to the workshop. During the actual workshop, delegates participated in small working groups tasked to evaluate and provide recommendations with respect to 9 key areas of input for current MoonMars exploration strategies. In addition to each working group presenting their results to the IAC, final reports will be distributed to Governments, Space Agencies, the Space Generation Advisory Council, various advocacy groups and other persons/organizations in the field identified during the course of the workshop.

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