# TWiS 224: The Science of Artemis

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New episode of This Week in Space: Episode 224, “The Science of Artemis,” is now available.

Host: Rod Pyle · Cohost: Fredrick (Rick) Jenet · Guest: Dr. David Kring

Topics covered:

- 🚀 Starship Flight 12 survives Indian Ocean splashdown and long sea journey
- 🌙 China’s Chang’e 7 lunar hopper targets permanently shadowed terrain
- 📈 US policy aims for 1,000 launches per year by 2030
- 🔬 Dr. David Kring explains Artemis landing site selection at the lunar south pole, the value of sample return, and impact cratering’s role in life’s origins
- 👩‍🚀 Training programs preparing scientists and astronauts for Artemis missions

> **[This Week in Space: The Science of Artemis | TWiT.TV](https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-space/episodes/224)**
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> It has been said that the Moon is a harsh mistress, and nowhere is this more apparent than at the lunar south pole. That is, however, where the Artemis program is headed, and

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