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WHAT’ NEXT FOR NASA?

Americans celebrate their history in space, they also look ahead to future missions. They hope to go back to the Moon within the next decade. Mars and elsewhere in the solar system also are on the list. And the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) will help lead the way. Lori Glaze is acting director of the agency’s Planetary Science Division. Ben Bussey is senior exploration scientist in the Lunar Discovery and Exploration Program. They both spoke at the 2019 annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement was there.

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