August 02, 2009
Panel recommendations, future of Space flight

Panel Wants Deep Space, Not Landings as U.S. Goal - NYTimes.com

A flyby of the moon might be followed by more distant trips to so-called Lagrange points, first to the location where the gravity of the Moon and the Earth gravity cancel each other out, then to where the gravity of the Earth and Sun cancel out. There could also be visits to asteroids or flybys of Mars leading to landings on one or both of the low-gravity moons of Deimos and Phobos.

This approach, Dr. Crawley said, would provide "the most steady cadence of steady improvement."

Posted by Dave at August 02, 2009 04:09 PM