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NASA’s new grand space race plan

posted by martyb on Thursday February 21 2019, @07:38PM   Printer-friendly
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realDonaldTrump writes:

"NASA has largely been living off the successes of space projects launched up to a decade ago — including the now 'dead' Mars Opportunity rover. It hopes to launch its first manned space flight since the demise of the Space Shuttle program in 2011.

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But now the Trump administration appears to be determined to get a new Moon project off the ground. And it's eager to pay private companies to carry its cargoes.

NASA has been considering the prospect of a 'Lunar Gateway' space station placed in orbit around the Moon, acting as a stopover point for missions to the surface and, perhaps, Mars.

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NASA documents indicate the earliest date for an American to tread the lunar surface again is 2028." foxnews.com/science/nasas-new-grand-space-race-plan

Hopefully we can speed that one up.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 22 2019, @03:50AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 22 2019, @03:50AM (#804857)

    Zero gee isn't going to be good for retirees, too many health problems and new reflexes to learn. So are you expecting lunar or O'Neill?

    My guess would be O'Neill for the short term respite visits, could be either for the permanent. Either way they are going to be luxurious habitats for the super-rich to start with. (I would also expect lunar/asteroid mining and a massive SPS program before we get to retirement homes. China has already announced a 1MW pilot SPS and large comfortable habitats are going to require a lot of resources.)