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discoverynews: Uniting the Planet for a Journey to Another Star Former astronaut Mae Jemison (and living legend) will spearhead the audacious 100 Year Starship plan to send mankind on an interstellar adventure. keep reading The blurb above leaves out the very important point that a primary goal for Mae Jemison is of making interstellar travel an inclusive endeavor.

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Uniting the Planet for a Journey to Another Star

Former astronaut Mae Jemison (and living legend) will spearhead the audacious 100 Year Starship plan to send mankind on an interstellar adventure.

keep reading

The blurb above leaves out the very important point that a primary goal for Mae Jemison is of making interstellar travel an inclusive endeavor.

(via thescienceofreality)

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In reality, Dragon’s mission is not a libertarian adventure. Rather, it is the result of a deeply collaborative effort between SpaceX and NASA that could change the way we go to space, just like past public-private partnerships that gave us railroads and commercial air travel. When it became clear during the Bush Administration that the space shuttle program was coming to an end, NASA had to figure out how to transport cargo and humans to the ISS, which wasn’t going anywhere. The technology needed to go to low Earth orbit is firmly established and, according to Mike Horkachuk, a NASA project executive working with SpaceX, the private sector was ready to step up. In 2006, NASA began actively investing in private spaceflight companies through a program called Commercial Orbital Transportation Services. Not-So-Private Space: The SpaceX-NASA Partnership is Blasting Off | GOOD

In reality, Dragon’s mission is not a libertarian adventure. Rather, it is the result of a deeply collaborative effort between SpaceX and NASA that could change the way we go to space, just like past public-private partnerships that gave us railroads and commercial air travel.

When it became clear during the Bush Administration that the space shuttle program was coming to an end, NASA had to figure out how to transport cargo and humans to the ISS, which wasn’t going anywhere. The technology needed to go to low Earth orbit is firmly established and, according to Mike Horkachuk, a NASA project executive working with SpaceX, the private sector was ready to step up. In 2006, NASA began actively investing in private spaceflight companies through a program called Commercial Orbital Transportation Services.

Not-So-Private Space: The SpaceX-NASA Partnership is Blasting Off | GOOD

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