Space Policy Edition: Destination...Mars? Contradictions and Principles

Published: Aug. 3, 2018, 6 p.m.

b'The Senate just held a hearing on NASA\'s efforts to send humans to...Mars? A week later, the same committee advanced legislation to extend the life of the International Space Station to 2030, six years beyond the current end-date and two years beyond the current hardware safety ratings. Does that extension undermine efforts to get to Mars? What about the Moon? Casey and Jason also introduce The Planetary Society\'s new principles for human spaceflight, which provide a framework by which the organization will evaluate plans for human exploration.\\xa0 More resources to explore this month\\u2019s topics are http://www.planetary.org/multimedia/planetary-radio/show/2018/space-policy-edition-28.html'