>> "More than two years after the president announced the interim goal of sending humans to an asteroid by 2025, there has been little effort to initiate such a mission," the report said.
It's kind of politically naive to think the West Wing would have drawn any attention to this during the election cycle, especially given the focus on the domestic economy and deficit.
It's kind of politically naive to think the West Wing would have drawn any attention to this during the election cycle, especially given the focus on the domestic economy and deficit.
This is relevant: http://news.discovery.com/space/obama-win-nasa-direction-ast...
In terms of the mission itself, it seems suitably dangerous, ambitious, and exciting :)