Return to the Moon.

NASA released this CGI trailer to promote awareness of their Constellation program, designed to carry humans to the moon, Mars, and beyond. Push play or go to YouTube. Link to NASA mission site. -via Boing Boing

Fantastic.

And to preemptively answer the inevitable question(s) from those who are more 'grounded'.

1. Because it's in our nature to explore. It's one of the things that makes humans so special.

2. Because humanity is too precious to risk being confined to one oasis in space.

3. Because we can.

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Speaking for an entire generation that grew up with Clarke, Asimov, Niven, and Heinlein, I say: About Bloody Time, Too!

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When did NASA develop such a flair for the dramatic?

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