Why visit the Moon and Mars?
What is the point of spending large amounts of money and resources to send a few robots and people off-planet?
Who is doing it: http://www.nasa.gov/, http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/, http://vsm.host.ru/emain.htm
What is the history of space exploration?: http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/home/index.html,
What is currently underway?: http://space.newscientist.com/home.ns
Questions:
What might we find, and why is it important to nations, people or science?
What effects might the journey have on people’s bodies?
How might we get there?
What are the ethical issues surrounding the exploitation of the Moon’s or Mars’ natural resources?
