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Delores Steeves
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NASA will continue to promote a vibrant economy in low Earth orbit, building on the work done so far on the International Space Station. NASA engineers will develop new technologies to improve the domestic aviation industry and meet the challenges of advanced space exploration. In the future, NASA hopes to use this technology not only for Earth missions, but also for future space exploration. In the future, NASA hopes to implement this technology to create fully autonomous systems that can then be used for space exploration.
An example of these innovations is the development of a new space capsule called Orion, operated by both NASA and the European Space Agency. NASA is building the Space Launch System rocket and the Orion spacecraft for human exploration of deep space. As part of the NASA Commercial Crew Program, NASA relies on SpaceX and Boeing to build spacecraft capable of carrying people into orbit.
Several commercial space companies have been commissioned to send payloads to the Moon through NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Service . Using new technologies and methods, various commercial organizations have reduced the cost of launching payloads into space. After the cuts, various commercial organizations are providing cheaper launch services and are even working on offering space flights.
Together with the private company's other spacecraft and rockets, the project aims to be reusable, reducing future space exploration costs. Commercial space companies have changed the economics of space exploration, but for both private companies and national agencies, the long-term goals of future space missions must be more innovative than simply repeating a historic mission. The current state of space technology, including propulsion, navigation, resources and storage, all limit the development of manned space exploration in the near future.
The high cost of leaving Earth is a major obstacle to further space exploration. With the rise of private space travel, human exploration of other planets appears to be a reality, although many have criticized billionaires for not helping those on Earth who are fighting or fighting climate change. Of course, I don't think we're going to set foot on planets tens of parsecs away anytime soon, but thanks to recent advances in spacecraft from SpaceX and NASA, the future of space travel looks bright. With manned missions to Mars, robotic missions to the outer solar system, next-generation space telescopes, and even the first interplanetary missions, space will truly be the "final frontier" in many ways.
The more countries join the "space club", the more space agencies will send astronauts into space, including to the Moon, and manned flights to Mars will be carried out. Beyond the Earth and Moon, humanity will make great strides in the coming decades. We return to the Moon for scientific discoveries, economic benefits and inspiration for a new generation of explorers.
Over the next three decades, humanity will enter the universe in unprecedented ways. Of the more than 500 people in space so far, most have only entered Earth orbit, and no one has flown out of lunar orbit. Of all species on Earth, only humans possess or can acquire and use knowledge to create new habitats on other worlds or in space, from raw materials from satellites and asteroids.
Although humans have visited the moon, the crater still hides scientific mysteries to be explored, including the presence and extent of water ice near the lunar south pole, a prime destination for space exploration. The moon could prove useful as a space station or testing ground for humans to learn how to resupply before trying to settle on distant planets like Mars. During this period, NASA, the European Space Agency and other international partners will land robotic devices on the lunar surface for preparatory experiments.
As a result, contracts for future Mars missions have now been announced, in which ESA and NASA will work together to bring Mars samples to Earth by 2031. The new contract, totaling 2.9 billion euros, is designed to help Artemis become a long-term — sustainable exploration of the moon by astronauts — and take Mars exploration to the next level by sending Martian rocks back to Earth for analysis. NASA is implementing Presidential Space Policy Directive 1 to develop innovative and sustainable research programs with commercial and international partners to enable human expansion in the solar system. NASA is on the cusp of commercializing low Earth orbit.
SpaceX is committed to making progress in space and on Earth through the Polaris program. Although this is a private collaboration between SpaceX and Isaacman, the emphasis on this work continues to be for the benefit of spaceflight and exploration in general. To achieve these scientific goals, the Polaris program will also work with the Institute for Translational Space Health Research at Baylor College of Medicine, Weill Cornell School of Medicine, and other partners.
Commercial organizations will establish a permanent presence and engage in many new types of space ventures. NASA continues to focus on solving the more complex problems associated with space exploration, such as deep space capabilities and improving human life support systems. From Star Trek-style medical scanners to off-planet farming concepts like in The Expanse, science fiction has often inspired real-world research at NASA and other space agencies.