Dean Acosta/Michael Braukus
NASA

NASA Administrator Michael Griffin today released the results of the agency’s exploration architecture study - a blueprint for the next generation of spacecraft to take humans back to the moon and on to Mars and other destinations.

The study makes specific design recommendations for a vehicle to carry crews into space, a family of launch vehicles to take crews to the moon and beyond, and a “lunar mission architecture” for landing on the moon. It also recommends the technologies NASA should pursue in the near term.
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