The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is partnering with commercial firms like SpaceX and Boeing to launch "American astronauts from American soil on American-made rockets", according to NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine. That means you've got air to breathe: Oxygen. In a press release issued today, the agency said that it will be launching its first crewed mission in 2018, which will include an unmanned test flight of SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule later this year. Bridenstine also said public-private partnerships would drive the US space agency's scheduled 2024 return to the Moon, a move encouraged by US President Donald Trump, where resources including water ice and rare Earth metals could be worth " tens of trillions of dollars".
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is partnering with commercial firms like SpaceX and Boeing to launch "American astronauts from American soil on American-made rockets", according to NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine. In a press release issued today, the agency said that it will be launching its first crewed mission in 2018, which will include an unmanned test flight of SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule later this year. Bridenstine also said public-private partnerships would drive the US space agency's scheduled 2024 return to the Moon, a move encouraged by US President Donald Trump, where resources including water ice and rare Earth metals could be worth " tens of trillions of dollars".