40 Years After Apollo 11, NASA Maps Out the Future

Jul 19th, 2009 - Wired

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Forty years ago, NASA put a man on the moon. What does the next 40 years hold for the world's premiere space agency?

There are some clear trends in the agency's goals that seem likely to extend into the future. Manned exploration outside Earth's orbit went away and cheaper, robotic missions gained prominence. The moon received less attention and the search for extraterrestrial life and exoplanets became concrete. Studying the Earth from orbit became a key goal, particularly with the hard-won knowledge that humans can create global change.

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