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 | The Exploration Initiative
The fundamental goal of this vision is to advance U.S. scientific, security, and economic interests through a robust space exploration program. In
support of this goal, the United States will:
- Implement a sustained and affordable human and robotic program to explore the solar system and beyond,
- Extend human presence across the solar system, starting with a human return to the Moon by the year 2020, in preparation for human exploration of
Mars and other destinations,
- Develop the innovative technologies, knowledge, and infrastructures both to explore and to support decisions about the destinations for human
exploration,
- Promote international and commercial participation in exploration to further U.S. scientific, security, and economic interests.
NASA's Biological and Physical Research Enterprise - Organizing Questions
- How can we assure the survival of humans traveling far from Earth?
- How does life respond to gravity and space environments?
- What new opportunities can research bring to expand understanding of the laws of nature and enrich lives on Earth?
- What technology must we create to enable the next explorers to go beyond where we have been?
- How can we educate and inspire the next generation to take the journey?
SLS Lab - Biological Research to Answer Exploration Needs
- Bioregenerative Life Support Systems
- Food Supplement for Crew
- Oxygen Revitalization
- Water Purification
- Resource Recovery
- Partial Atmosphere Greenhouses
- Planetary Protection (Microbial Forward/Reverse Contamination
- Microbial Archive (Supporting International Space Station)
- Biomedical Research
- Bone Atrophy
- Muscle Atrophy
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