Technology Drives Exploration┃ Go Forward
NASA is going to the Moon and on to Mars, in a measured, sustainable way. Working with U.S. companies and international partners, NASA will push the boundaries of human exploration forward to the Moon. NASA is working to establish a permanent human presence on the Moon within the next decade to uncover new scientific discoveries and lay the foundation for private companies to build a lunar economy.
The lunar surface will serve as a crucial training ground and technology demonstration test site where we will prepare for future human missions to Mars and other destinations. Through an innovative combination of missions involving commercial and international partners, robotic lunar surface missions will begin as early as 2020, focus on scientific exploration of lunar resources, and prepare the lunar surface for a sustained human presence.
Right now, NASA is taking steps to begin this next era of exploration. #Moon2Mars
Learn more at:
https://www.nasa.gov/moontomars
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We need better ion technology. If you do a trans-Mars injection with ion engines instead of chemical ones, then you can save A LOT of weight on the payload side which increases your delta-V. Yeah. I play KSP.