NASA Says Australia Could Help US Get To Mars Written 11 July 2019
11 July 2019
The Daily Mail reports that “the head of NASA has called on Australia to join forces with the US and take part in their venture to Mars.” NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine “said the Australian Space Agency...could play an essential role in developing technologies that astronauts would need to survive for years in space while on a mission to Mars.” Bridenstine “said Australia had greatly aided the US in the past during the Apollo moon landing and both of those countries worked well together and should do so again.” He also “said the Australian Space Agency would be one of the best facilities to develop essential technology for astronauts such as autonomous drilling and remote extraction of resources.” (Image: Artist’s impression of a Mars habitat. Credit: NASA/Clouds AO/SEArch | Wikimedia Commons)
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The Daily Mail reports that “the head of NASA has called on Australia to join forces with the US and take part in their venture to Mars.” NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine “said the Australian Space Agency...could play an essential role in developing technologies that astronauts would need to survive for years in space while on a mission to Mars.” Bridenstine “said Australia had greatly aided the US in the past during the Apollo moon landing and both of those countries worked well together and should do so again.” He also “said the Australian Space Agency would be one of the best facilities to develop essential technology for astronauts such as autonomous drilling and remote extraction of resources.” (Image: Artist’s impression of a Mars habitat. Credit: NASA/Clouds AO/SEArch | Wikimedia Commons)
Full Story (Daily Mail)