“How do we use aerial mobility in the future on Mars, to help not just robotic exploration, but to help human exploration?”
Ellen Stofan
Smithsonian
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Mar 25, 2016
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Mar 25, 2016
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Mar 25, 2016
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Mar 23, 2016
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Mar 23, 2016
The new space plan provides 1.4 trillion rubles ($20.5 billion) through 2025—but largely guts earlier proposals to send humans to the Moon in the next decade and leaves in doubt timing of a joint mission to Mars with the European Space Agency.
Mar 18, 2016
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Mar 18, 2016
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