Beyond Planet Earth Expo a Glimpse into the Future

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A new exhibition called "Beyond Planet Earth" gets underway at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. The Expo showcases ideas on the future of space exploration. Our correspondents bring you the full story.

Returning to the moon, exploring asteroids, voyaging to mars, reaching the outer solar system and even beyond. These are issues presented by The American Museum of Natural history in New York, in it's new expo "Beyond Planet Earth" that questions what is the future of space exploration.

[Jackson Tao, College student]:
"I have no idea".

[...]

[Michael Shara, Curator, Department of Astrophysics]:
"I believe that in the coming 5, 10, 20 years we will send humans back to the moon. I'm certain that we will have commercial space exploration...We will certainly explore asteroids and learn how to nudge them, how to deflect them so that they wouldn't run into earth... And I'm certain we will go Europa, look underneath it's ice to see if there is life in it's salty oceans. Finally, hundreds of years from now, I'm certain that we will leave this solar system and move outwards to the stars."

And what about colonizing other planets and booking a flight to Mars? Some people on the streets of New York city already consider that mankind can soon expand it's territory in to the solar system.

[Jackson Tao, College Student]:
"You might find that a planet may be suitable for life"

[Christiano Moura, Tourist]:
"In a few years people will be able to see other planets, to go there and to see how they are like"

And their guesses seem to be right.

[...]

The Beyond Planet Earth Expo opens on Saturday November 19th, presenting the past and present of space travel and our next steps in our solar system and beyond.

NTD News, New York

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