Sentences with phrase «future human exploration»

The mission will include collecting scientific data important to future human exploration of our solar system.

The large cosmic ray - induced radiation dose at the surface may also prove problematic for future human exploration of Mars (e.g. Saganti et al. 2004).

It will also assist in preparing for further future unmanned missions, including a Mars Sample Return mission, and possible future human exploration.

«NEA Scout will perform a reconnaissance fly - by and take pictures of an asteroid to learn more about the risks and challenges they may pose to future human exploration missions,» said Les Johnson, NEA Scout's solar sail principal investigator at Marshall.

Finally, the 2020 rover will contain lots of advanced instruments and technology demonstrations that can further our scientific understanding of Mars, for informing future human exploration of Mars in the 2030s.

Asteroids are of increasing interest now that the Obama administration has indicated that they might be a target for future human exploration.

«The single most important issue to address on Phobos regarding the future human exploration of Mars is the question of water,» says Pascal Lee, chairman of the Mars Institute, a research organization.

But an existing ice deposit might also be an exploitable water source for future human exploration.»

Any future human exploration of the Moon will involve supply structures, rockets, and other equipment being parked on the surface for long periods of time, even if living quarters are underground.

The dream of a human habitat in orbit about the moon came a step closer on September 27, when NASA and the Russian space agency (Roscosmos) signed up to a common vision for future human exploration.

During her 2008 campaign Clinton said she was «committed to a space exploration program that involves robust human spaceflight to complete the Space Station and later human missions, expanded robotic spaceflight probes of our solar system leading to future human exploration, and enhanced space science activities.»