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More Knowledge Needed to Reach for Red Planet, NASA Chief Says

NASA chief Mike Griffin has outlined the punishing lunar endurance mission that would have to be completed before NASA could ever consider sending humans to Mars. Speaking on NASA's future mission priorities at this week's International Astronautical Congress in Glasgow, Scotland, Griffin said that Mars is not automatically the next destination simply because humans have already been to the Moon (see NASA urged to focus on sending people to Mars). He believes that we have too little knowledge... Full Story
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