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Sean Gulick is an Earth and Planetary Sciences research professor at The University of Texas at Austin’s Jackson School of Geosciences. He’s also serves as the co-director of the Center for Planetary Systems Habitability, which studies where life could evolve on other planets.
NASA is returning to the moon for the first time since 1969 with its Artemis missions. Artemis II is preparing for launch from Kennedy Space Center in Florida and will mark the program’s first crewed spaceflight. The astronauts will travel to the far side of the moon, observing areas never before seen by human eyes.
The missions will unfold in phases, with the goal of establishing a sustained human presence on the moon and eventually creating a launch point for Mars.
In this interview, Gulick dives deeper into NASA’s broader vision for space exploration, when humans could reach Mars and why the next generation of scientists is critical to the mission’s success.
