So Close to Mars

“'Nearly flawless': Orion passes 2-orbit test flight”

By: Jason Hanna and Amanda Barnett                           

CNN

http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/05/tech/innovation/nasa-orion-launch/index.html?hpt=us_c2

 After a 4½-hour flight on Friday, NASA's Orion capsule plopped down in the Pacific Ocean on Friday morning after flying around the planet twice on a test flight (no crew inside). NASA hopes it will be able to take astronauts to Mars. Currently it has passed its first test in space. The Orion flew farther from Earth than any craft designed by NASA before since the Apollo 17 mission to the moon in 1972. This is building up NASA’s confidence and making it their goal to build a program that will take its first human crew into space in 2021. Right now Orion is capable of taking a crew of six to the moon and places far beyond. One of Orion's tasks could be to send astronauts to asteroids. NASA says it hopes that Orion will send astronauts to asteroids, Mars’ moons and eventually Mars itself in the 2020s.

The people should read this article because they would realize that scientists at NASA are extremely close to completing something we titled as impossible. They are one step closer to mastering the science of exploring space. With our enhanced technology we will be able to fully explore Mars and other places in outer space without any difficulties. All of our questions about the red planet and the other locations would be answered. We, the people, must remain patient and have faith in NASA’s scientists. Soon we will uncover the mysteries that lie in space. If this is not intriguing then I do not know what is?