Returning humans to the moon.6. Why does NASA want to put exploratory vehicles onthe moon's surface?A. To examine some moon soil.B. To collect large pieces of ice there.C. To learn better about the water there.D. To figure out the exact amount of water there.7. What does the ...
Now that it has become likely that more humans will need to live and work in space for sustained periods of time, it is essential that we consider matters beyond the engineering questions of how we go to space to the broader questions of how we will live when we get there. What will ...
Starship is designed to play a key role in returning humans to the moon as part of NASA’s Artemis program, as well as in future Mars exploration. The spacecraft and rocket — collectively referred to as Starship and designed to carry both crew and cargo — can ...
NASA’sArtemis programplans to return humans to the moon this decade to practice and prepare for a Mars mission as early as the 2030s. While NASA has several reasons for pursuing such an ambitious mission, the biggest is scientific exploration and discovery. I’man atmospheric scientist and for...
Now, as NASA administrator, Bridenstine is carrying out President Donald Trump's direction of returning astronauts to the moon. "We need to get to more parts of the moon than we have ever gotten to ever before," he said. "When you look at the Apollo program, we had six landings, all...
A sad joke in the space community centers around the idea that Republican administrations will focus on returning us to the moon, but once Democrats take over, they'll throw out that plan -- and much of the technology that was already built around it -- to head elsewhere. This policy ...
This time we're taking the Earth with us rather than giving up it.This “ambition" didn't come from nowhere. For thousands of years, "homeland" has had a soft point in minds ofChinese people. One old idiom(俗语) is “luoyeguigen", which means returning to one's homeland in old age...
Returning to the robot issue, how can robots enhance Martian (or lunar) missions? There are multiple ways. I think the idea of real-time tele-operation of robots and rovers by crew members from orbit is very important. This would allow a very robust Mars mission that could create a surfac...
“While NASA’s immediate priority is returning humans to the Moon with the Artemis program, we are also investing in ‘tall pole’ technologies that could enable crewed missions to Mars,” said Jim Reuter, associate administrator of NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD). “We look...
Musk doubles down, linking the Mars landing prediction to the 1969 Moon landing But this isn’t exactly a new guesstimation from the space baron, billionaire, and CEO of the leading commercial space firm, SpaceX. In December of 2021, he toldTime Magazinethat he’d be surprised if humans ...