The Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Space, Policy and Society Research Group has issued a report entitled The Future of Human Spaceflight addressing such pressing issues as the retirement of the space shuttle, use of the International Space Station (ISS) and strategies for reaching the moon and Mars. Perhaps the most significant aspect of the report is its call for greater international collaboration, most notably with China. The MIT report has been received by the Obama NASA Transition Team.
The MIT team says we need to begin engagement with China as this could yield "enormous" benefits for both sides. Cooperation, the report says, "could encourage the Chinese to open their space program and help end speculation about their intentions in space," adding that doing so could help avoid a potentially dangerous space arms race, according to MIT's Technology Review.
The MIT team says we need to begin engagement with China as this could yield "enormous" benefits for both sides. Cooperation, the report says, "could encourage the Chinese to open their space program and help end speculation about their intentions in space," adding that doing so could help avoid a potentially dangerous space arms race, according to MIT's Technology Review.
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