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[i]An assessment of space policy by the Baker Institute for Public Policy at Rice University would send NASA in new directions by giving up missions to the moon and placing a near-term emphasis on energy and climate concerns. The shuttle's 2010 retirement would be postponed until 2015. The extension would enable American astronauts to reach the international space station without launching aboard Russian Soyuz capsules at NASA's expense. The station would become the focus of renewed scientific research. The space agency's Orion moonship capsule, which is to replace the shuttle in 2015 would be down-sized from a six- to three-seat spacecraft for station missions. Orion's Ares 1 rocket launcher, a target of critics because of technical problems, would be cancelled, and NASA would use commercial rockets. NASA would place exploratory resources on the development of a large rocket, something akin to the proposed Ares V, that could initiate human missions to an asteroid or a comet and reach across the globe to undertake those activities with greater international participation. The robotic exploration of Mars would become more vigorous.[/i]
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