Free Astronomy Magazine November-December 2017

ASTRONAUTICS 41 A new NASA project, shared with Roscosmos at least in concept, aims to bring people to the Moon and as far as Mars. The agreement be- tween the two space agencies, which may expand to include other players, will remain a dead letter if the US government continues changing NASA’s programmes with every presidential election and if international geopolitical tensions are not adequately resolved. teway, from NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2017