NASA Program Could Affect Long-Term Space Exploration Goals
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August 21, 2008 -- NASA’s Exploration Technology Development Program is making progress, but is too closely coupled to the agency’s Constellation Program, says a new report from the National Research Council. Significant constraints – a limited budget, large mandated work force, and an aggressive time frame for delivery – could seriously compromise long-term space exploration goals, such as extended lunar missions and human exploration of Mars.
