April 9, 2019, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine addressed the 35th Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He spoke about the agency’s commitment to accelerate our plans for lunar exploration — to return to the Moon to stay by 2024, with an eye toward Mars as the next destination.
Spacenet One provides receive audio only of NASA Two Way Radio Communications To monitor conditions aboard the International Space Stations and other manned NASA space missions. The *FLORIDA* server / data reflector is located at Colorado Springs, Colorado . With No management or technical issues. This communication network has military grade security with full automatic redundancy. Please list your amateur two way radio earth station by ICAO Code to Your nearest International Airport. Denver International Airport for example:K4RTV-L KDENThis is important for quick situational awareness of location of the amateur radio space to ground earth station in operation and provides recorded data for who, what, where, and when for The United States Federal Government, in case of a unlikely manned space mission communications emergency, and the astronauts go for the Amateur "HAM" Radio on ISS or elsewhere.This communications system is under United States Federal Government Jurisdiction
The sponsoring agencies have stated that they consider access to a Ham Radio System a requirement for psychological support of the crews, by providing family and general contacts for people who will be in space several years at a time with a permanent base on the Earth's MOON and on the Planet MARS. As the international space station takes its place in the heavens, The AMSAT Amateur Radio Community is prepared to do its part by helping to enrich the experience of those visiting and living on the station and elsewhere in Space.