Sentences with phrase «space destinations»

Yet, ever since the cancellation of Constellation, the future direction of the U.S. human space program has been a subject of intense debate within the space community, with intensive arguments raging over a series of issues like appropriate deep space destinations for future missions, best set of technologies, vision strategies, and the like.

In recent years, the team at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, has been having great fun building up a series of fantasy travel posters for genuine space destinations, supporting its strong belief that «imagination is our window to the future.»

Called Aurora Station, the space hotel was announced during the Space 2.0 Summit today by Orion Span, the company developing the modular space destination.

The discovery of water on the Moon is a game changer, not just for the economic viability of lunar resources, but for the economics of reaching Mars and other deep space destinations.

«I don't think you're going to see anything out of Star Wars,» he said of future manned missions to deep - space destinations.

The announcement is a crucial milestone for the agency's nascent Asteroid Redirect Mission (ARM), which is intended to set the stage for future missions sending humans to Mars and other deep - space destinations.

Thanks to its ion propulsion system, Dawn is the first spacecraft ever targeted to orbit two deep - space destinations.

Sophie is a biologist and science writer who blogs about commercial spaceflight, space tourism, and space destinations.