First Step to Mars

After an anticlimactic day on December the 4th, 2014, NASA regrouped, fixed the issue on the Orion and it launched successfully today. The unmanned spacecraft was NASA's attempt at testing some key components for the manned deep space exploration program that will occur in 2030 if everything goes according to plan.

The shuttle was in orbit 3600 miles above Earth for four and a half hours after which it successfully splashed into the Pacific Ocean off of the coast of Baja, California.

Deep Space exploration and hopefully colonization is key to our survival as a species. It's exciting to know that we're going to be alive to witness the beginning of such efforts. Everyone has a plan B, and we as a species need to have one too.

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