[Interview+] Getting to the Moon Is Much More Complex Than You Think

<html><p>BONUS PART starts at 29:32</p><p>Watch here (with no ads and a bonus part) or on YouTube: <a href="youtu.be/OqDGsTEhlrQ"; target="_blank">youtu.be/OqDGsTEhlrQ</a></p><p&… pretty familiar with orbits around the Earth. But as we start putting more and more things on the Moon, it means we'll need to cover more and more orbits that go to and around the Moon. And it's actually much trickier than you think.</p><p>🟣 Guest: Dr. Aaron Rosengren <a href="jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/node/3654"; target="_blank">jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/node/3654</a>; </p><p>📜 The Astrodynamics Primer on Cislunar and Translunar Space <a href="arxiv.org/abs/2606.26367"; target="_blank">arxiv.org/abs/2606.26367</a></p>&l… Intro </p></li><li><p>01:51 New operating volume in space </p></li><li><p>03:58 Lunar orbits during the Apollo era </p></li><li><p>09:42 Lagrange points </p></li><li><p>14:07 Artemis orbits </p></li><li><p>25:34 Kessler syndrome in cislunar space </p></li><li><p>29:32 Risks of crushing things into the Moon </p></li><li><p>39:00 Current obsessions </p></li><li><p>41:38 Final thoughts</p></li></ul><p></p></html>