THE FUTURE OF NASA

By MOTHERBOARD

The atmosphere surrounding last night’s 10th annual Isaac Asimov Memorial Debate was a bit heavier than usual. “The Moon, Mars and Beyond: Where Next for the Manned Space Program?” the topic chosen by the directors of the American Museum of Natural History, was announced just before the Obama administration released its controversial NASA budget, which for now cuts out the possibility of an American-led return to the moon (or Mars) in the near future. “What was originally just going to be us putting out opinions now turns out to have huge implications,” museum director Neil deGrasse Tyson told a sold-out audience at the start.

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