Former NASA Astronaut Chang Builds Rocket To
Pick Up Space Trash
By Alex Leff , GlobalPost
Franklin Chang Diaz has great aspirations
for his rocket: a mail-carrier for outer
space, a garbage truck for orbital debris
and, the ultimate goal, a shuttle to Mars.
The Costa Rica-born physicist speaks
nonchalantly about the day humankind will
have moved entirely to outer space, while
our precious Earth becomes “a protected
park.”
Complete story can be found at:
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/costa-rica/091116/rocket-vasimr-ad-astra
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Franklin Chang Diaz in front of his Ad Astra Co.'s VX-200 rocket. (Alex Leff/GlobalPost) |
