Engineering A Bridge Across Cultures: Insights to Support Dialogue with Engineering Professionals on Ethical and Social Design Considerations

In April 2023, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) hosted the Artemis and Ethics workshop at NASA headquarters, inviting 55 participants from a wide range of scholarly disciplines to participate in a dialogue on ethical considerations for Artemis and the Moon to Mars initiative. At this event, participants identified a set of challenges in engaging the ethical and social implications of these missions. This paper seeks to further explore those concepts from the workshop report and provide insights on how to discuss the design implications of engineering leadership decisions and to elicit meaningful engagement on these topics. This analysis can inform future research and educational approaches and help ethics and social science researchers to engage engineering and project leaders in constructive dialogue.