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posted by martyb on Thursday February 21 2019, @07:38PM   Printer-friendly
from the posted-exactly-as-submitted dept.

"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: 2) by DeathMonkey on Friday February 22 2019, @07:57PM

    by DeathMonkey (1380) on Friday February 22 2019, @07:57PM (#805280) Journal

    It's like Schrödinger's-celestial-body.

    We're going to the moon, or mars, and we won't know which until we get there.

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