in an opinion article Published On the CNN website, the outgoing President of the United States, Barack Obama, outlines his work and his vision in the field of space, and repeats the goal he set at the beginning of his term - to send astronauts to Mars in the 30s.
The President of the United States Barack Obama published an opinion piece on the CNN website in which he explained his vision in the field of space. In the article, Obama wrote that "one of my earliest memories is sitting on my grandfather's shoulders and waving the flag when our astronauts return to Hawaii. It was years before we set foot on the moon. Decades before we put a rover on Mars. A generation before pictures from the International Space Station appear on social networks."
He added: "I still feel the same sense of wonder about our space program as I did as a child. It represents an essential part of our character - curiosity and research, innovation and resourcefulness, to expand the limit of what is possible and to do it before anyone else. The space race that we won, contributed not only to the development of immeasurably important technologies and medical innovations, but also inspired a new generation of scientists and engineers who had what it took [right stuff] to keep America at the forefront of technology."
Obama detailed in an article about his work to develop science and research during his term: "This is one of the reasons why, in my first speech to the American people as president, I pledged to return science to its rightful place. In our first few months, my administration made the largest single investment in theBasic research in our history, and I went to the Kennedy Space Center to call for revitalizing and reimagining our space program, to further explore our solar system and look deeper than ever into the universe. In the years since then, we have breathed life into technological innovation at NASA, extended the life of the International Space Station, and helped American companies create jobs in the private sector by tapping into the unrealized potential of the space industry."
Obama added: "Just last year, NASA She discovered Water flows on Mars and evidence of ice on one of Jupiter's moons [so originally, apparently referring todiscovery of water jets erupting from the ice on the surface of the moon Europa] ffrom us Pluto, at a distance of more than 3 billion km, in high resolution. Our space telescopes have discovered Earth-like planets orbiting distant stars, and we are working on new missions to interact with asteroids, which will help us learn how to protect Earth from the threat of collision with asteroids, and also teach us about the origin of life on Earth. We have flown near every planet in the solar system—something no other nation can say. And we continue to lower the costs of space exploration for the taxpayers."
Obama repeated the goal he set In a 2010 speech For the future of the United States in space: "We have set a clear goal that is essential for the next chapter in the American story in space: to send humans to Mars in the 30s and return them safely to Earth, with the ultimate goal that one day we will be able to stay there for an extended period of time. To get to Mars we will need cooperation between government and private entrepreneurs, and we are already on our way there. Over the next two years, private companies will be able to send astronauts to the International Space Station for the first time. The next step is to reach beyond the limits of orbit around the Earth. I am excited to announce that we are working together with our commercial partners to build habitats that will support and fly astronauts on long-duration missions in deep space. These missions will teach us how humans can live away from Earth, something we will need for the long journey to Mars."
Obama continued: "The reporter who covered the moon landing for the New York Times, John Noble Wilford, later wrote that Mars tugged on our imaginations 'with a force stronger than gravity.' To get there we will have to make a huge leap. But first of all, small steps are taken when our students - the Martian generation - will walk into their classrooms every day. Scientific discoveries do not happen at the flip of a switch, and require years of experimentation, patience and a national commitment to education."
"When the Apollo program astronauts looked back from space, they realized that while their mission was to explore the moon, they had 'actually discovered Earth.' If we make our leadership in space in this century even stronger than it was in the previous century, we will not only benefit from developments in the fields of energy, medicine, agriculture and artificial intelligence, but we will also benefit from a better understanding of our environment and ourselves."
"One day I hope to carry my own grandson on my shoulders. We will still gaze at the stars in wonder, as humans have since the beginning of time. But instead of eagerly awaiting the return of our brave explorers, we will know that because of the decisions we are making now, they went into space not just to visit, but to stay, and in doing so, made our lives better here on Earth."
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Happens and does not read. Privatizing it and not privatizing it.
It has no effect on the vision. Budgets are required and his successor has to decide on them. And if he will be the type who decides not to decide like Hilary looks like - he won't be. Obama felt like a statistical event that at the end calls out not separatist behavior but also processes in space exploration - the perpetuity. The bad thing about this is that space barons and not countries will control the colonies, and they already control the industry. Google, Facebook and Elon Musk. They will determine who will work until what age and in the dictatorship of employment, and who will fly to Mars and when. In such a situation they will be dictators. or those who will come after them.
When you remember that the moon landing is closer to Charles Lindbergh's transatlantic journey than it is to our day, the claim about Rome not being built in a day becomes a little hollow.
In the first stage, they will build an outpost on the moon, similar to the International Space Station - or a research station in Antarctica. Mars may be visited. A real colony or settlement on the moon or Mars, at least 200 years until that happens - but maybe I'm wrong.
As usual knows how to speak without cover
A new Middle East was also his speech with the late Peres Hayom you see after receiving the Nobel Prize the entire Middle East went back 100 years of course thanks to him
Let him continue to speak the mess he has already made to his credit
Elon Musk will do it faster.
A flight to Mars possibly in 2230 after World War III caused by this impotent
Zbmarlans are bringing Hitlers on us
No manned flight to Mars will be possible unless they use a rocket powered by nuclear fuel
Any attempt to send people there with a regular rocket will end in disaster
Summary for the lazy: *yawn*.
Oh yes. He gave a speech in 2010.
And mysteriously, the word "budget" is missing from this whole description (and also in the CNN article, the word "budget" appears only because some commenter bothered to point out that he actually cut the budget, and did not initiate any new program).
It is amusing that he pointed out that to get to Mars it takes a big leap, but first one takes small steps. What are the small offers? Development of materials science? No, developing more efficient rocket engines? Nah. The steps are the steps of children going to school every day.
He also referred to the findings of a probe that was sent some years before he started his position.
This is how it is when you build a "heritage" when there is no heritage. When confusion is more important than substance. Just as they insist on commemorating the despicable rapist and friend of criminals, who for some reason is called "Gandhi" in places where he was neither present nor fought.