Do we really need humans to explore Mars?, Ars Technica “There’s been a myth that there’s some things you can do with robots and some only with people,” Grunsfeld replied. “All exploration is human research. Even when we use robotic spacecraft, it’s still human research. The question is how close are the people to the action? And it’s also about the pace of discovery. When you have people on the […]

Space Launch System is a threat to JSC, Texas jobs, Chris Kraft and Tom Moser, Houston Chronicle “SLS is killing JSC. SLS is killing Texas jobs. SLS is killing our national space agenda. We are wasting billions of dollars per year on SLS. There are cheaper and nearer term approaches for human space exploration that use existing launch vehicles. A multicenter NASA team has completed a study on how we […]