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LRO to Help Astronauts Survive in Infinity
Geologist-Astronaut Harrison Schmitt, Apollo 17 lunar module pilot, uses an adjustable sampling scoop to retrieve lunar samples. Credit: NASA Space seems exotic, forbidding, and remote, but imagine trying to survive winter without a heated shelter or warm clothing. Our ancestors developed these technologies because they needed room to grow; without them, we would still be confined to narrow areas along the equator, but with them, we could live anywhere in the world. With the right technology, space is just another place for people to live.
We have been so successful at developing Earth's frontiers that we are now facing our planet's limits. What we need the most -- energy, resources, and room to live -- is becoming increasingly scarce. In space, such things are unlimited, as far as we can see.
NASA's return to the moon will develop the technology to open this unlimited frontier. As our closest celestial neighbor, the moon is the natural place to test new exploration technology. Astronauts can get home quickly if there is any trouble. In this sense, the moon is our gateway to the universe.
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Geologist-Astronaut Harrison Schmitt, Apollo 17 lunar module pilot, uses an adjustable sampling scoop to retrieve lunar samples. Credit: NASA Space seems exotic, forbidding, and remote, but imagine trying to survive winter without a heated shelter or warm clothing. Our ancestors developed these technologies because they needed room to grow; without them, we would still be confined to narrow areas along the equator, but with them, we could live anywhere in the world. With the right technology, space is just another place for people to live. We have been so successful at developing Earth's frontiers that we are now facing our planet's limits. What we need the most -- energy, resources, and room to live -- is becoming increasingly scarce. In space, such things are unlimited, as far as we can see.
NASA's return to the moon will develop the technology to open this unlimited frontier. As our closest celestial neighbor, the moon is the natural place to test new exploration technology. Astronauts can get home quickly if there is any trouble. In this sense, the moon is our gateway to the universe.
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LRO to Help Astronauts Survive in Infinity
On the moon we will develop technologies to survive in space, because the moon presents the same challenges we will encounter throughout the universe.
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LRO Ships South for Launch Prep
The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter was loaded on a truck February 11 to begin its two-day journey to NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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Next NASA Moon Mission Completes Major Milestone
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, has successfully completed thermal vacuum testing, which simulates the extreme hot, cold and airless conditions of space LRO will experience after launch.
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