Saturday, 24 September 2016

Congress Just Mandated A Human Mission To Mars

Congress Just Mandated A Human Mission To Mars

Mars has been the vague next big goal of NASA’s manned space exploration since the 1970s, but a real, concrete commitment never quite seemed to happen. Until now. A bipartisan bill passed yesterday in Congress authorizes a new $19.5 billion budget for NASA, and an official mandate to send a crewed mission to mars within 25 years. Oh boy. The main goal of the bill is to keep the next president from changing or interfering with NASA’s goals and development projects...

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