Rendering of NASA's deep space shuttle

A senior NASA official says, “The next generation of astronauts may hurtle through the cosmos for years or decades on a mission to explore distant planets and stars – with the travelers accepting that they would never come back to Earth.”

It is often described as “the final frontier”, and not just by those who follow the adventures of Captain Kirk and the crew of the USS Enterprise. The phrase, though, may take an even more literal meaning for those exploring space in the future.

“The prospect of spending years cooped in a spacecraft would not deter people from applying,” said John Olson, NASA’s director of exploration systems integration.

“You would find no shortage of volunteers,” said John Olson. “It’s really no different than the pioneering spirit of many in past history, who took the one-way trip across the ocean, or the trip out west across the United States with no intention of ever returning.”

NASA hopes to reignite the public’s interest in manned space flight and win support for a massive investment in new trips to space.

If, as Olson predicts, humans reach Mars by the middle of this century, engineers and astronauts may then set their sights on the frozen planets, fiery moons and stars beyond.

“We’re going back to the moon, not for flags and footsteps but for a sustained presence,” Olson said. “We’re going to use the moon as a stepping stone to Mars and we’re going to look at other interesting spots, like asteroids and near-Earth objects, and we’re going to look at all the other exciting places to go in this solar system.”

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