Chesley Bonestell, “The Exploration of Mars” (1953), oil on board, 143/8 x 28 inches, gift of William Estler, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Reproduced courtesy of Bonestell LLC.

Seeking Space Cooperation

March 23, 2015

Even as relations between the United States and Russia remain rocky, the two nations plan to work together on a roadmap to send humans to the Moon and Mars, according to a statement by NASA’s director reported in Space Daily. Such cooperation would reflect advice offered in Issues that given the U.S. budget climate, “space exploration is now a discretionary activity, not a national imperative,” and that one sustainable path would be “making space exploration a cooperative global undertaking.”