to the journey
to the moon itself
history proves that we have never lost
by pressing the limits of our frontiers
last year
first for the coming decade for the
1990s space station freedom
our critical next step in all our space
endeavors and next for the new century
back to the moon
back to the future
and this time back to stay
and then a journey into tomorrow
a journey to another planet
a manned mission to mars
inspired by the president's declaration
research into ways of permanently
returning to the moon and exploring mars
is accelerating throughout government
industry and academia
inflatable modules protected by lunar
soil and linked together to form an
expandable base are under study
to explore mars engineers are looking
into a number of robotic rovers that
could serve as pathfinders for manned
missions
in this scenario a mars spaceship is
assembled in orbit using a robot arm
heavy launch vehicles haul up its major
components
once the ship is complete a shuttle
brings in the flight crew
and the journey begins
upon reaching the planet a crew-carrying
lander separates from the mothership
guided by information from an earlier
rover mission it is steered to a
pre-planned touchdown spot providing a
base for mars operations
to ensure that no approach to building a
lunar base and exploring mars search for
innovative and new nasa administrator
richard truly recently launched a
nationwide outreach program
seeking new and innovative ideas
the program includes more than 3200
letters from truly to universities and
professional societies an announcement
to industry in commerce business daily
a review of federally sponsored research
and a study by the american institute of
aeronautics and astronautics
nasa has even established this toll-free
telephone number for anyone who would
like to submit an idea
the outreach effort offers this
country's best and brightest a chance to
help shape the future of man in space
station freedom
a lunar base
and journey to mars
a comprehensive plan to extend human
presence in space