Will NASA's Next Step Be an Astronaut Rendezvous With an Asteroid?

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By Allison Bond
Aug 1, 2009 12:18 AMNov 5, 2019 8:57 PM
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A panel evaluating NASA's goals has made some bold suggestions for the agency, including yearlong missions into deep space and even landing on Mars' moon, Phobos.

NASA's current goal is to land humans on the moon once again by 2020, but the panel, which was set up by the White House, has suggested other possible ventures that could speed NASA towards another goal: a manned mission to Mars. For example, long missions to deep space would help scientists learn

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