Launching Science: Science Opportunities Provided by Nasa's Constellation System

by National Research Council, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board

In January 2004 NASA was given a new policy direction known as the Vision for Space Exploration. That plan, now renamed the United States Space Exploration Policy, called for sending human and robotic missions to the Moon, Mars, and beyond. In 2005 NASA outlined how to conduct the first steps in implementing this policy and began the development of a new human-carrying spacecraft known as Orion, the lunar lander known as Altair, and the launch...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309116449
• ISBN13: 9780309116442
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 156 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.4" x 10.9"