Space enthusiasts have gathered in Brevard County to figure out how to get back to the moon.
Cocoa Beach is hosting the fifth International Workshop on Lunar Surface Applications.
“The engineering is very different, the technology has evolved greatly in 40 years, and so we are trying to create a community of people both in the U.S. and around the world, who want to take that cutting edge and go to the moon,” said Russell Cox, an organizer.
However, NASA has different plans. The agency wants to send astronauts as far away as Mars in the next decade or so.
The conference runs until Friday at the Courtyard by Marriott Cocoa Beach-Port Canaveral, 3435 N. Atlantic Ave. Many of the events are open to the public.