Space & Astronomy

NASA to announce manned moon mission ?

By T.K. Randall
November 8, 2012 ·  30 comments

Image Credit: NASA According to space policy expert Professor John Logsdon, it is likely that plans for the next step in NASA's manned space programme were agreed upon before the election but delayed until it was known if Obama would be re-elected. The plans are believed to involve a return trip to the moon and a possible manned outpost there as a stepping stone for a mission to an asteroid in 2025. The ultimate goal would be to then send humans to Mars by the 2030's.

Recent NASA announcements also seem to confirm this timeline. "We just recently delivered a comprehensive report to Congress outlining our destinations which makes clear that SLS will go way beyond low-Earth orbit to explore the expansive space around the Earth-moon system, near-Earth asteroids, the moon, and ultimately, Mars," said NASA's deputy chief Lori Garver during a conference in September.[!gad]According to space policy expert Professor John Logsdon, it is likely that plans for the next step in NASA's manned space programme were agreed upon before the election but delayed until it was known if Obama would be re-elected. The plans are believed to involve a return trip to the moon and a possible manned outpost there as a stepping stone for a mission to an asteroid in 2025. The ultimate goal would be to then send humans to Mars by the 2030's.

Recent NASA announcements also seem to confirm this timeline. "We just recently delivered a comprehensive report to Congress outlining our destinations which makes clear that SLS will go way beyond low-Earth orbit to explore the expansive space around the Earth-moon system, near-Earth asteroids, the moon, and ultimately, Mars," said NASA's deputy chief Lori Garver during a conference in September.

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