Ever since the last NASA space shuttle mission touched down in Florida on July 21, there has been a spirited debate in articles and blogs across the Internet over the future of humans in space.
Congress has directed NASA to build a super-rocket with the brawny power to hurtle astronauts out of Earth orbit and onto interplanetary destinations.
The largely vague justifications for "boldly going" there emphasize the uniquely American notion of conquering the frontier, "living in space," and planetary colonization as our manifest destiny.
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