With 2037 being the currently accepted goal year of a manned mission to Mars, it is apparent that the space age has been largely a disappointment. For 80 years to be the amount of time to transpire between the launch of Sputnik 1 to the landing of humans on Mars shows the priorities of various countries' space programs that became more obvious as time continued. The article that this blog posting refers to states that the first space age will end in 2010, with the planned discontinuation of the NASA space shuttle program. In the second space age, humans from different countries will need to work together in order to have successful new manned moon landings and a manned landing on the Martian surface. The first space age often demonstrated primarily military priorities.
Source:
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/specials/space/article2630747.ece
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