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President Obama Says We’re Going to Mars. If Only It Were That Easy

Posted October 11th, 2016 at 12:53 pm (UTC-5)
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[P]rivate companies have always been the space program’s manufacturing backbone….What was different then was that those contracts were essentially work made to order—like planning precisely the house you want and hiring an architect to build it for you. Now it’s more like buying into a development:

America Will Take the Giant Leap to Mars

Posted October 11th, 2016 at 9:34 am (UTC-5)
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We have set a clear goal vital to the next chapter of America’s story in space: sending humans to Mars by the 2030s and returning them safely to Earth, with the ultimate ambition to one day remain there for an extended time.

Scott Kelly’s Giant Step for Mankind

Posted March 1st, 2016 at 3:39 pm (UTC-5)
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Scott has flown so long so we can make huge advancements in our understanding of how long-duration space flight impacts human physiology, something that is essential if we are ever going to travel to more distant destinations, such as Mars.