One of the biggest ongoing changes in space exploration is the introduction of commercial methods into the field. Commercial launch providers like RocketLab and SpaceX have fundamentally changed the way the industry does business. Now researchers are taking their “ move fast and break things ” approach to another part of the industry – actual mission design. One of a trio of missions that will attempt to lower a mission’s cost to launch by a factor of 10 is led by researchers at UC Berkeley . Known as the Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers ( ESCAPADE ), the mission will consist of twin satellites, known as “Blue” and “Gold” after UC Berkeley’s colors. Their primary mission will be to monitor Mars, watching for its atmosphere and how the planet is affected by the solar wind. One of the most intriguing things about the project is that it should cost only around $80 million from start to data collection in Mars orbit. Visualization of the focal points of ESCAPADE
Elon Musk's Space X wants to land humans on Mars by 2026 . That matters because Musk's vision of humans as a multi-planet species with a reduced risk of extinction from a catastrophe on Earth is smart. ... Successful colonization on Earth has always benefited from precursors in some form. Dornald the guru then asked the following question: Do you think he has considered the risks of sending people to Mars
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