Houston, we have a podcast. Welcome to the official podcast of the NASA Johnson Space Center,

Episode 366, Moon to Mars, reviewing the architecture. I'm Leah Cheshire and I'll be your host today.

On this podcast, we bring in the experts, scientists, engineers, and astronauts all to let you know

what's going on in the world of human spaceflight and more. Back in episode 297, we talked with Deputy Associate Administrator for the Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate Kathy Kerner about NASA's goals of returning to the moon with the Artemis program, establishing an ongoing lunar presence and putting the first human boot prints on Mars.

Those plans undergo periodic reviews to ensure the agency remains on track and can be refined

for taking humans farther into deep space. One of those reviews, known as the Architecture

Concept Review, took place this fall. Joining me to talk about the latest discussions is Najud Morancie,

who oversees the annual Architecture Concept Review cycle. Njude is the Deputy Associate Administrator for the Strategy and Architecture Office

in the Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate for NASA headquarters.

She serves as the agency expert in exploration architectures,

guiding technical aspects of agency decisions about exploration element level performance and functionality,

which will have decades-long implications

for agency goals and international and commercial partnerships. Let's get started.

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