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Rocket launched by Elon Musk's private space transport company, SpaceX.

Though, it sounded exciting, NASA’s Constellation Program, which planned to put astronauts back on the Moon by 2020, relied on outdated technology and was an unsustainable path for space exploration. Finally, NASA is moving past its role as “space station trucker” and Moon-traveling glory-story teller. President Obama announced today that rocket technology will be privatized and NASA will pursue a more flexible path into other more exciting parts of space (ig. nearby asteroids, a lunar moon, or a lunar orbit). Read the rest of this entry »

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