The Future of NASA

-In January of 2004 Pres. Bush announced a plan for a moon mission in 2018
-The space shuttle will be retired in 2010 and will be replaced by the Orion by 2014
-NASA has working on its Ares series
-Ares I-First flight scheduled for April 2009
-Ares IV-scheduled to leave with Orion or Ares IV
-Ares V-First flight cheduled for 2018
-NASA has announced a plan to start building a permanent moonbase by 2020 to be finished in 2024
- They plan to have man on Mars by 2037
-Spacecraft is currently on its way to Mercury and Pluto, they plan on a mission to Jupiter
-Investigations of today include detailed surveys of Mars and Saturn and deeper studies of Earth and the Sun