Time for change at NASA (Image: NASA)
Editorial: A turning point for space exploration
Commentary: NASA moon plan was an illusion, wrapped in denial
ASTRONAUTS digging into an asteroid for samples to send back to Earth. Experimental robots on the moon, paving the way for extraterrestrial refuelling stations and for astronauts “living off the land”. Commercial space taxis ferrying crew members to and from the International Space Station, while a “plasma thruster” – a precursor to engines that will eventually send astronauts to Mars – undergoes tests in space.
All this could be happening a decade from now, following a change of…
