State Lab Looks for First Mars Landers

Summary


PASADENA - When Dave Beaty tells children about NASA's plans to send astronauts to the moon by 2020 - and to Mars, perhaps as early as 2030 - he almost always gets the same response.

"When I go into kindergarten classrooms and ask students, 'How many of you want to be the first person on Mars?' all their hands go up," said Beaty, chief scientist for the Mars Exploration Directorate at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena.

See the full content of this document

Extract


State Lab Looks for First Mars Landers

"I think it's a great frontier. It's something humans have never done before. The people who do it will be regarded as hero...

See the full content of this document

Sponsored links




ver las páginas en versión mobile | web

ver las páginas en versión mobile | web

© Copyright 2012, vLex. All Rights Reserved.

Contents in vLex United States

Explore vLex

For Professionals

For Partners

Company