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The goal of spaceflight is the whole solar system, not any single destination the experts are arguing over.

Drawn from what Wayne Hale said

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  1. Wayne Hale

    Retired NASA engineer and manager

    The ‘horizon goal’ isn’t Mars, it is the entire solar system.

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    ↗Manifest Destiny or Pipe Dream?waynehale.wordpress.com

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