Learning About the Artemis Program

There are 7 men and 6 women who were chosen for NASA’s Artemis program.

There have been a total of 7 Lunar landing missions in the Apollo program, 6 of which were successful, but not one of them had crewmembers who were women. Granted, women have been part of the Lunar orbital missions, but why did stepping foot on the moon take so long?

Artemis, to me, is the name of a book series by Eoin Colfer. Artemis Fowl was one of the few books that I could read when I was in elementary school, but now, NASA has announced that they are looking to launch a program called Artemis and I was more confused than ever. ‘Are they dwelling into the world of magic?!’ was my first thought, but then I realized that Artemis is also the twin sister of Apollo which happens to be the name of the first few missions launched by NASA.

I want to pause and look at how far women have come in the fields of science, politics, business, and all the other fields. Many people remember that Apollo even has a twin sister. But NASA is here to remind us that women live in the same world as men and therefore no boundaries should confine them. Not even the boundaries of the atmosphere. As much as I am inspired to stand up and represent approximately half of the world’s population, I am also afraid that people will undermine my confidence when I do stand up. People are bound to speak up, even if it takes decades. People will always step up to fight for what they think is the right thing to do.

Right now, I am well aware of the fact that I am just repeating things that have been said to try and change how people see women, but I feel that more than just trying to empower women, we need to realize that men are not inferior or superior. They just had a head start because of societal biases.