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<blockquote data-quote="farmerbyron" data-source="post: 2772541" data-attributes="member: 4953"><p><a href="http://www.nasa.gov/about/whats_next.html" target="_blank">http://www.nasa.gov/about/whats_next.html</a></p><p></p><p></p><p>Plans to get humans to Mars and near earth asteroids. Along with an asteroid redirect mission. Among others. We just don't have the national motivation behind NASA like we did in the 1960s. With proper funding and national priority, these things could be accomplished much faster and the spinoff advancements to mankind would be realized quicker. </p><p></p><p>Just think, with a manned Mars mission we would need to propulsion technology and/or more efficient and lighter battery technology and solar panels. We also need to develop ways to mitigate radiation exposure for long duration space flight and who knows what benefits could be realized in the medical field from this. Can you imagine the boon to the world if a fission/fusion reactor became reality? This is just pull it out of my a$$ brainstorming here. I'm sure there are many other fields that would benefit greatly from such an effort to explore Mars and beyond.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerbyron, post: 2772541, member: 4953"] [URL="http://www.nasa.gov/about/whats_next.html"]http://www.nasa.gov/about/whats_next.html[/URL] Plans to get humans to Mars and near earth asteroids. Along with an asteroid redirect mission. Among others. We just don't have the national motivation behind NASA like we did in the 1960s. With proper funding and national priority, these things could be accomplished much faster and the spinoff advancements to mankind would be realized quicker. Just think, with a manned Mars mission we would need to propulsion technology and/or more efficient and lighter battery technology and solar panels. We also need to develop ways to mitigate radiation exposure for long duration space flight and who knows what benefits could be realized in the medical field from this. Can you imagine the boon to the world if a fission/fusion reactor became reality? This is just pull it out of my a$$ brainstorming here. I'm sure there are many other fields that would benefit greatly from such an effort to explore Mars and beyond. [/QUOTE]
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