Artemis Project

Not to be confused with the Artemis program, the 2019 NASA program to send humans to the moon in the late 2020s. For other projects, see Artemis (disambiguation).
Artemis Project
Lunar Transfer Vehicle en route from the Earth to the Moon
Commercial?Yes
Type of projectPrivate spacecraft venture
ProductsA permanent, self-supporting base on the Moon
FounderThe Lunar Resources Company
Established1994 (1994)
WebsiteArtemis Society Official website

The Artemis Project[1] was a private spaceflight venture to establish a permanent, self-supporting base on the Moon by 2002.[2] It was named after Artemis, the goddess of the hunt, in some myths the moon, and twin sister of Apollo (a reference to the Apollo project). The project's creators, the Lunar Resources Company,[3] formed the Artemis Society as a non-profit NGO in 1994.[4] They planned to cover the costs by exploiting the entertainment value in creating a lunar colony.[1] They also believed that their costs would be a small fraction of what a government agency, such as NASA, would have spent.

The project studied other space colonization projects as well, including colonies on outer planet moons.[5][6]

  1. ^ a b Gregory Bennett, "The Artemis Project: Selling the Moon," Analog Science Fiction and Fact, January 1995.
  2. ^ "The_Artemis_Project_Frequently_Asked_Questions". islandone.org. Archived from the original on 2008-05-13. Retrieved 2008-02-07.
  3. ^ "The Lunar Resources Company". tlrc.com. Archived from the original on 7 February 2009. Retrieved 2009-02-07.
  4. ^ "§ 8.3.7 Artemis Project and the Lunar Resources Company (LRC)". permanent.com. Archived from the original on 25 February 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-07.
  5. ^ Kokh, Peter; Kaehny, Mark; Armstrong, Doug; Burnside, Ken (November 1997). "Europa II Workshop Report". Moon Miner's Manifesto (110). Archived from the original on 2019-06-07. Retrieved 2016-01-19.
  6. ^ "Humans on Europa: A Plan for Colonies on the Icy Moon". Space.com. 6 June 2001. Retrieved 19 January 2016.