The New York Times Provides us with a great look at some of NASA’s plans for the future once the Space Shuttles are finally retired in 2010. There are already talks about trying to land on the Moon again. The next two launch systems, the Ares I and Ares V rockets, seem to be, by appearance at least, a step back to older days of space exploration. Currently there are no discussed plans on the matter of a future space plane similar to the Shuttle. Personally I hope that these plans really pull through, I think continued space exploration is both very interesting and also important.
The Orion Module of the Ares 1 Rocket
Didn’t Obama first say he was going to delay Constellation to fund some type of education program?
I know he’s changed his mind since then but I hope he doesn’t flip-flop again on this issue.