Post by rubl on Jul 9, 2017 13:04:42 GMT 7
By now I may need to stay alive at least 25 more years to be able to see Men walk on Mars. Mind you, I'd be 87 by then so should be possible 
"Pence vows 'new era' in US space exploration, but few details
US Vice President Mike Pence vowed Thursday to usher in a "new era" of American leadership in space, with a return to the Moon and explorers on Mars, but offered few details.
Pence, who was recently named to head a government advisory body called the National Space Council, said the group would hold its first meeting "before the summer is out."
He also toured NASA's Kennedy Space Center to see progress in constructing a NASA spaceship destined for deep space and privately built capsules designed to send astronauts to low-Earth orbit in the coming years.
"Our nation will return to the Moon, and we will put American boots on the face of Mars," Pence told the cheering crowd of about 800 NASA employees, space experts and private contractors, but gave no specifics."
www.spacedaily.com/reports/Pence_vows_new_era_in_US_space_exploration_but_few_details_999.html
"Pence vows 'new era' in US space exploration, but few details
US Vice President Mike Pence vowed Thursday to usher in a "new era" of American leadership in space, with a return to the Moon and explorers on Mars, but offered few details.
Pence, who was recently named to head a government advisory body called the National Space Council, said the group would hold its first meeting "before the summer is out."
He also toured NASA's Kennedy Space Center to see progress in constructing a NASA spaceship destined for deep space and privately built capsules designed to send astronauts to low-Earth orbit in the coming years.
"Our nation will return to the Moon, and we will put American boots on the face of Mars," Pence told the cheering crowd of about 800 NASA employees, space experts and private contractors, but gave no specifics."
www.spacedaily.com/reports/Pence_vows_new_era_in_US_space_exploration_but_few_details_999.html
