Former NASA astronaut and NFL wide receiver Leland Melvin sat down has some deep thoughts about humanity's future in space and how it's depicted on the silver screen in films like the recent sci-fi thriller " Ad Astra ."
As space agencies like NASA and companies like SpaceX and Boeing work to return humans to the moon and land people on Mars, it's interesting to reflect on how science fiction matches up to real-world progress.
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The thought of humans on Mars is a prospect that fires up the imagination. And yet, some people aren't convinced we should make the epic space journey to the Red Planet.
How can we justify spending billions to go to Mars, and beyond, with all of the problems we have here on Earth? Shouldn't we deal with Earth's issues first before creating an extraterrestrial colony?
These questions typically arise when it comes to expensive space endeavors. As the far-reaching exploration of the cosmos becomes more realistic every day with the work being done by NASA, SpaceX, Blue Horizon, and many other companies, we take a look at why we should be heading out there in the first place.
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Remember when the thought of taking a commercial trip to space was a pipe dream, or maybe just a super cool thing that could only happen in a sci-fi movie? Well, those days are numbered now because Spaceport America will offer paying customers just that in the near future via Virgin Galactic.
In celebration of Ad Astra ‘s December 3rd digital release and its December 17th 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray and DVD release, Collider got the opportunity to visit Spaceport America in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico. Not only did we get to explore the budding facility, but they also had one of the screen-used moon rovers from Ad Astra on hand to take a spin in.
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A Britain riven from top to toe by desperate political division? A reality-TV president in the United States? An England men's team winning a World Cup in a major sport? A Best Actor Oscar for Matthew McConaughey. Had you suggested any of these things in the last hours of 2009, you would have been told to leave the bar, and consider moderating your intake.
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The plane will be the first large scale, piloted X-plane that Nasa has launched in more than 30 years when it is finally put together.
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And the space agency has announced that it is cleared for final assembly and "integration of its systems" after being looked over by senior managers.
It should be approved for its first flight in 2020, and the actual launch will come a year after that.
Space travel: the sky is the limit, isn't it?
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We first set foot on the Moon in 1969 and what advances in space technology have me made since? We had the Space Shuttle, which was developed to carry astronauts and cargo to an orbiting space station, where it would dock, unload, and return to earth to prepare for another trip.
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