The Artemis II launched on Wednesday to a rousing applause from people across the globe.
The successful launch has also prompted a greater interest in space exploration and aerospace engineering.
“I’ve had so many opportunities in my role at NASA to talk with students, and I’ve never encountered anyone that wasn’t excited to talk about work at NASA and the space industry," NASA Research Aerospace Engineer Dr. Julia Cline said. “I think it sparks for the next generation of engineers and scientists who want to get involved and want to contribute to this really cool area of work.”
Cline says that her interest in aerospace engineering came thanks to the launch of the Apollo space satellite.
She also mentioned aspects such as a potential moon base and a man on the moon as topics that could also spark a renewed interest in NASA.
Now more than ever, NASA needs as much help as it can get to continue pushing humanity beyond the stars.
“There’s so much going on in space right now and in not just NASA, but within our commercial industry as well,” Cline said. “There’s so many different thrust areas that we’re looking at in achieving it and we need, you know, everyone’s skills and their interest levels."