NASA Technology: The Next 50 Years

摘要

Much of the celebration of NASA's 50th anniversary focuses on the myriad of technological achievements made during those first five decades. But as Deputy Administrator Dale points out, there are many reasons to believe that more benefits, discoveries, and technologies are yet to come. Putting humans back on the Moon and eventually on Mars will take new technologies - many already in development, but some not even thought of yet. Future spacecraft will require novel propulsion technologies and instrumentation, new rovers and robots, medical breakthroughs that will enable humans to live on other planets, and even new materials.