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I am Camille Alleyne deputy manager for the

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commercial lunar payload services this is
ask NASA and I'm ready for your questions

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who will deliver new science
and technology to the moon

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we have 14 companies that are eligible to compete
for delivering our science instruments

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and technology demonstrations to the
moon something akin to a FedEx delivery

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service except to the moon

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is NASA sending science to the moon

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we're actually working with two companies to
send a little over a dozen instruments

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to the surface in 2021 we are likely
going to ask companies though to send

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more things in the future

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what are we sending and why

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we are
sending science there's so much the moon

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can tell us about our home planet and
the evolution of our solar system

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in the future though we'll be sending things in
support of human missions such as Rovers

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supplies for our astronauts
and perhaps communication equipment

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so why have them compete

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we know that commercial companies develop really

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innovative approaches to space
exploration so we expect that it will be

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no different for delivery services

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what kind of tools does NASA need to explore the moon

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well for starters we need Landers to be able to transport our

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science and people to the surface but
once we get there we need to be able to

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investigate what we find
perhaps water ice at the South Pole

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but we also need to be able to pick up
samples and return them home

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how does this help with human missions under the
Artemis program

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well science and human exploration

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go hand in hand

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do you plan to make expeditions on Mars

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yes our ultimate goal is the human

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exploration of Mars but we're using the
moon as a stepping stone to develop

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tools technologies and partnerships that
will enable Mars expeditions in the future