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The idea of using high level automated systems for space missions has become a desirable goal to space agencies all around the world. Such systems are believed to yield benefits such as lower cost, less human oversight, and ability to explore deeper in space which is usually restricted by long communications with human controllers.
A space settlement can be the passenger compartment of a large spacecraft for colonizing asteroids, moons, and planets. It can also function as one for a generation ship for travel to other planets or distant stars (L. R. Shepherd described a generation starship in 1952 comparing it to a small planet with many people living in it.) [26] [27]
Sustainability has been a goal of space law, space technology and space infrastructure, with the United Nations seeing the need to advance long-term sustainability of outer space activities in space science and application, [6] and the United States having it as a crucial goal of its contemporary space policy and space program. [7] [8]
Astronaut and contest visionary John Shoffner is inviting students and educators from around the world to submit a drawing, painting or written poetry showcasing what it would look like if we ...
As early as 2007, Elon Musk publicly stated a personal goal of eventually enabling human exploration and settlement of Mars. [5] Subsequently, SpaceX has stated its goal is to colonize Mars to ensure the long-term survival of the human species, [6] proposing since the 2000s and early 2010s different concepts for reaching Mars, including space tugs.
The Soviet space program achieved many of the first milestones, including the first living being in orbit in 1957, the first human spaceflight (Yuri Gagarin aboard Vostok 1) in 1961, the first spacewalk (by Alexei Leonov) on 18 March 1965, the first automatic landing on another celestial body in 1966, and the launch of the first space station ...
They also cast the free Direct File program as an example of the "weaponization of government against Americans," a long-standing focus of Trump and the MAGA-aligned right.
For the more than 6 billion people living in the Northern Hemisphere, this astronomical event signals not only the shortest day but also the longest night of the year.