evelopment – all of which have proven beneficial for the team.
And he has been especially grateful for the opportunity to work under an interdisciplinary project and to also share his investigations with policymakers.
"All of this work lends itself to being collaborative," he said, noting that specialists in astrobiology engineering, software development and management, statistics and data interpretation are among those involved.
As for continuing studies of the moon, Schaffner said such investigations are critical for current understanding and future generations the world around.
That's part of the message he plans to impart in D.C.
"We want to learn things and progress our knowledge to accomplish more and to expand humanity's boundaries," Schaffner said.
"Landing on the moon was huge, but at this point the moon remains a place we really can't habitate, and it remains a place that we have to be able to take advantage of," he said. "But to do that, we have to be able to harness the resources it already has."