SPACE TRAVEL
difficulties Long time in microgravity Human body needs gravity - Lose bone density, muscle Micrometeorites Huge distances! Getting through Earth’s atmosphere Money
Moon Travel Luna 1959 (unmanned)= 36 hour Apollo 1970’s = 3 days New Horizon 2006 = 8 hours Space Shuttle: 13 hours (last shuttle 2011)
Oct. 5, 2017 http://fortune.com/2017/10/06/mike-pence-moon-nasa-united-states/
NASA FUTURE MISSIONS (unmanned) “INSIGHT”- planned launch 5-5-18 (unmanned) Drill into Mars “OSIRIS-Rex Launched 2016- sample asteroid and return to Earth (2023) TESS- (Transitting Exoplanet Survey) June 2018 Europa Planned 2020’s
Nasa manned missions ORION space craft in development https://youtu.be/gdxeDdwmEb0 Proposed use to build “outpost” to travel to Moon/Mars/ ISS- International Space Station 6897 days in Earth’s orbit
PRIVATE SPACE EXPLORATION Space X Designs rockets to supply ISS Developing craft for humans Travel to ISS Space “tourist” to orbit moon 2 people have reserved already….Cost?.... Planned for 2018
Virgin Galactic http://www.virgingalactic.com/ Make your reservation now! ($250,000) seats are going fast! https://youtu.be/CiDE2qgHuZk