Dr. Lisa Watson-Morgan is a linchpin when it comes to the mission of landing humans back on the Moon. She's working on some hefty challenges, but as she puts it, "Right now, today, I don't see anything that's stopping us." Watson-Morgan appreciates the innovations SpaceX has contributed, particularly with its advancements in rocket capabilities. SpaceX’s partnership with Blue Origin and Lockheed Martin, experienced from their Orion program, also bodes well for the Artemis missions.

But the excitement doesn't come without a dose of realism. As the senior director of Human Spaceflight Programs at SpaceX, Benji Reed, put it during a fireside chat, "launch is signal and everything else is noise." The emphasis is on doing rather than theorizing, on testing rather than speculating. It's this hands-on approach that is shaping the HLS program's future.