Thursday, August 28, 2014

NASA 'Firmly Commits' To Space Launch System For Taking Humans To Mars

NASA has 'firmly committed' to launching the new Space Launch System rocket by 2018 - and one day using it to take humans to Mars.

The new rocket launcher is the largest and most complex ever devised, and will finally give NASA a way to send its own astronauts into space - a task for which it currently relies on Russia.

The SLS will also take explorers to asteroids and possibly to the Moon, as it looks set to be NASA's main ticket to space for the next 30-40 years.

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