Returning humans to the Moon

Now that it has become likely that more humans will need to live and work in space for sustained periods of time, it is essential that we consider matters beyond the engineering questions of how we go to space to the broader questions of how we will live when we get there. What will we need? What will the effects of sustained living in space be for us, emotionally, cognitively, physically, and should we consider the impact we will have on the environment to which we are travelling? This chapter introduces the diverse yet complementary set of expertise contained in this book, which mirrors the way we will have to work together as teams of diverse experts in space to maximise mission success.