７４ Future of Space Exploration

７４　Future of Space Exploration【Space Travel】Dialogue with the Universe

・September 2011, NASA announced a new rocket development program as a replacement for retiring the space shuttle.

・Development costs of the large projects is $ 10 billion.

• The new rocket will be completed in 2017, conduct a manned exploration of asteroid

in 2025, and in the 2030s is a goal of carry the human race to Mars.

Source: National Geographic News

http://www.nationalgeographic.co.jp/news/news_article.php?file_id=2011091506

☆I think that challenges in rocket development would be to build a system that can be recovered some development costs by space factory or resource exploration, rather than manned and unmanned.

・There is a plan to mine mineral resources in the universe by 2020.

Reference: Reuters

http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20131124-00000010-reut-n_ame