Much of today's discussion focused on the need for the long -
term human spaceflight plan required by the bill — a Human Exploration Roadmap.
His group also works with NASA to build integrated molecular portraits of genomes, epigenomes, transcriptomes, and metagenomes for astronauts, which help establish the molecular foundations and genetic defenses for enabling long -
term human spaceflight.
Not exact matches
«Biofilms were rampant on the Mir space station and continue to be a challenge on the International Space Station, but we still don't really know what role gravity plays in their growth and development,» said Cynthia Collins, Ph.D., principal investigator for the study and assistant professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y. «Before we start sending astronauts to Mars or embarking on other long -
term spaceflight missions, we need to be as certain as possible that we have eliminated or significantly reduced the risk that biofilms pose to the
human crew and their equipment.»
With so much under review at NASA right now in
terms of
human spaceflight, are there any other sites on the table that are being looked at for launches?
«In
terms of the Schiaparelli test module, we have data coming back that allow us to fully understand the steps that did occur, and why the soft landing did not occur,» said David Parker, ESA's Director of
Human Spaceflight and Robotic Exploration.
The invitation - only Pioneering Space National Summit, held in February in Washington, D.C., yielded a declaration that «the long -
term goal of the
human spaceflight and exploration program of the United States is to expand permanent
human presence beyond low - Earth orbit and to do so in a way that will enable
human settlement and a thriving space economy.»
The long -
term goal in NASA's
human spaceflight program is
human trips to Mars during the mid-2030s.
«The main problem is that we do not have a clear long -
term goal for the national
human spaceflight program,» said Mike Gruntman, a professor of astronautics at the University of Southern California, to The Christian Science Monitor.