{"nodes":[{"node":{"nid":"78206","title":"How Do Moon Missions Reflect Changes in Science\u2019s Social Contract?","campus":"Online event","locations":"","college_unit":"Consortium for Science, Policy \u0026amp; Outcomes, School for the Future of Innovation in Society","department":"","field_cost_value":"Free","event_price_level":"Free","asu_events_price_desc":"Free","body_summary":"\u003Cp\u003EArtemis II\u2019s recent launch and circuit around the moon showed how NASA\u2019s missions communicate pow\u003C\/p\u003E","full_body":"\u003Cp\u003EArtemis II\u2019s recent launch and circuit around the moon showed how NASA\u2019s missions communicate powerfully across the nation\u2019s divides. Since the space agency\u2019s formation during the Cold War, it has worked to connect the public to its complex engineering feats and role in national security. The Apollo missions mirrored the postwar \u201csocial contract\u201d between science and society, ensuring that federally funded scientists worked in the public interest. But by the 1970s, falling public support required that NASA reconsider how it connected to society. As the public\u2019s expectations changed, the agency evolved to incorporate them in its missions and day-to-day practices. Today, NASA does much more than fly missions to the moon: it also contracts with businesses to build rockets and with universities to experiment with payloads \u2014 and partners with toy companies to extend the agency\u2019s iconic brand.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERecent funding cuts, layoffs, and administrative changes at federal science agencies are reconfiguring the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/issues.org\/category\/social-contract\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003Esocial contract for science\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E that has been in place for the past 75 years. Examining NASA\u2019s experience could offer insights about how the public\u2019s participation in the contract has shifted.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOn May 20 at 3:30 PM ET, join us for a conversation on how space missions have reflected changes in science\u2019s social contract\u2014and how they might inform its future.\u003C\/p\u003E","phone":"","contactname":"ISSUES in Science and Technology","email":"editors@issues.org","delta":"0","alias":"https:\/\/asuevents.asu.edu\/event\/how-do-moon-missions-reflect-changes-sciences-social-contract?id=0","ticketing_rsvp_txt":"Register","ticketing_rsvp_txt2":"","ticketing_rsvp_url":"https:\/\/issues.org\/event\/moon-missions-science-social-contract\/","ticketing_rsvp_url2":"","website":"","image_url":"https:\/\/asuevents.asu.edu\/sites\/g\/files\/litvpz3506\/files\/2026-05\/pexels-micotino-126770659-10044702.jpg","image_alt":"","image_title":"","start_date":"May 20 2026 - 12:30pm","end_date":"May 20 2026 - 1:30pm","time_description":"","very_start_date":"2026-05-20T12:30:00Z","very_end_date":"2026-05-20T13:30:00Z","event_types":"Webinar","interests":"Science|Space exploration","audiences":"For alumni|For current ASU students|For staff|For faculty|For the community","event_units":"Consortium for Science, Policy \u0026amp; Outcomes|School for the Future of Innovation in Society","event_topics":"Free|Open to the public","download":"","event_map_url":"","event_map_title":"","event_video":"","location_term":"Online event","venue_address":"","venue_city":"","venue_state":"","venue_zip":"","alias-indexed":"https:\/\/asuevents.asu.edu\/event\/how-do-moon-missions-reflect-changes-sciences-social-contract?id=0","sport_tag":"","game_type":"","subtitle":"","season":"","athletic_conference":"","tv_network":"","radio_station":"","wear_color":"","game_theme":"","history":"","history_text":"","related_stories":"","related_stories_text":"","game_notes":"","game_notes_text":"","recap_link":"","recap_link_text":"","live_stats":"","live_stats_text":"","game_time_tba":"No","sda_all_day":"No","opponent_logo":"","related_videos":"","related_videos_text":"","recurring":"no"}}]}