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NSS Chapters

PROMOTING LUNAR SETTLEMENT

Claire Stephens McMurray

Learning about the Moon at the North Texas Chapter’s 2018 Moon Day event.
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Public support is a precondition for any sustained American effort to settle humans on the Moon. Recently, many NSS chapter activities have focused on lunar settlement outreach and research.

PUBLIC AWARENESS

One very successful public awareness effort is the annual Moon Day event organized by the NSS of North Texas chapter in cooperation with the Greater Fort Worth Moon Society and the Frontiers of Flight Museum at Love Field in Dallas, Texas. It has drawn over 2,000 attendees and dozens of exhibitors, while local television and newspaper coverage reaches thousands more.

Local space groups and colleges provide speakers for a family-friendly Moon Academy and an adult-focused Lunar University. There are hands-on activities for people of all ages, with some aimed at helping children earn Boy and Girl Scout badges with STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) activities. When the International Space Station orbit is favorable, AMSAT (the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation) provides a live radio uplink that allows children to converse with the crew.

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