Boulder scientist endorses White House bid for U.S. astronauts to moon by 2024

Anonymous — Tue, 26 Mar 2019 22:59:09 +0000

Boulder scientist endorses White House bid for U.S. astronauts to moon by 2024 Anonymous (not verified) Tue, 03/26/2019 - 16:59

Charlie Brennan

From the Daily Camera: Vice President Mike Pence, chair of the National Space Council, on Tuesday called for a landing of American astronauts at the south pole of the moon by 2024.

The pledge by Pence, which he said carried the backing of President Donald Trump, came at the fifth meeting of the National Space Council at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., and a Boulder scientist was there to help articulate the case as to what could be done there.

"Now has come the time for us to make the next giant leap and return American astronauts to the moon and establish a permanent base there and develop the technology to take American astronauts to Mars and beyond. That is the next giant leap," said Pence, noting that this summer will mark the 50-year anniversary of Neil Armstrong uttering "one small step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind" as he became the first human to set foot on the lunar surface. Read more...

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Fifth Meeting of the National Space Council

Anonymous — Tue, 26 Mar 2019 16:25:10 +0000

Fifth Meeting of the National Space Council Anonymous (not verified) Tue, 03/26/2019 - 10:25

From NASA: Vice President Mike Pence asked NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine to accelerate the agency’s lunar exploration plans during a National Space Council meeting held at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, March 26. In addition to targeting a human landing on the Moon in 2024, the council also discussed creating a new Moon to Mars Mission Directorate.

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