Joshua Chamot Latest articles by Joshua Chamot Send Humans to Mars Orbit, Not the Surface (Op-Ed) By Neil MacDonald, Joshua Chamot published 6 February 16 If the United States shifts priorities from landing on Mars to orbiting it, the mission can start with a single component ready to launch. Mars Get the Space.com NewsletterBreaking space news, the latest updates on rocket launches, skywatching events and more!Contact me with news and offers from other Future brandsReceive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors MORE FROM SPACE...1Uranus passed between Earth and a distant star this month — and NASA caught the rare event220 years ago, 'Star Wars: Republic Commando' made us care about the clones long before 'The Clone Wars' and 'The Bad Batch'3Trump administration cancels lease for NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies lab in New York City4Faint Neptune joins Venus and Saturn to form a planetary triangle in the pre-dawn sky on April 285Meet the 'Doctor Who' actors who brought the retrofuturistic robots to life for season 2's 'The Robot Revolution' (interview)
Send Humans to Mars Orbit, Not the Surface (Op-Ed) By Neil MacDonald, Joshua Chamot published 6 February 16 If the United States shifts priorities from landing on Mars to orbiting it, the mission can start with a single component ready to launch.