The SLS rocket will launch pieces of the base into Earth's orbit, where it will be fully assembled before launching to Mars. The big question is, will Lockheed and NASA beat SpaceX to Mars?
While SpaceX lost the upper stage of its new Starship in a flight test, the futuristic spacecraft presages a spaceflight revolution, says a leading U.S. space scholar.
NASA sees Mars as a goal for the 2030s ... SpaceX's optimistic vision for a Mars base. Credit: SpaceX The lack of a magnetic field also means colonists would be exposed to intense radiation ...
Handout/NASA/JPL-CALTECH/AFP NASA announced Tuesday it may turn to Elon Musk's SpaceX or Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin to help reduce the soaring costs of returning ...