Obama looks to deeper space as NASA's mission
Thursday, April 15, 2010 - 19:42
in Astronomy & Space
A refocused plan taps the private industry to build rockets for a possible Mars mission. At the launch center where the U.S. had dominated space travel over the last half-century, President Obama on Thursday laid out a new vision for the nation's space ambitions, focusing on future deep-space missions rather than a return trip to the moon.