Support The Bulwark and subscribe today.The Crew Dragon launch promises to restore America’s lost space capacity—and could be a major milestone on the path to Mars and beyond.A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Crew Dragon spacecraft sits atop launch complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on May 25, 2020. - NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley will depart for an extended stay at the International Space Station on the Demo-2 mission on May 27, 2020. While the specific duration of the mission has yet to be determined, the Crew Dragon flight will mark the first manned flight...…Support The Bulwark and subscribe today.The Crew Dragon launch promises to restore America’s lost space capacity—and could be a major milestone on the path to Mars and beyond.A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Crew Dragon spacecraft sits atop launch complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on May 25, 2020. - NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley will depart for an extended stay at the International Space Station on the Demo-2 mission on May 27, 2020. While the specific duration of the mission has yet to be determined, the Crew Dragon flight will mark the first manned flight...WW…

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The triumphant landing of the Perseverance rover has inspired all Americans, and indeed much of the world. President Biden should follow it up by launching a program to send humans to Mars.While robotic rovers are wonderful, they cannot resolve the fundamental scientific question that Mars poses to humanity, which relate to the potential prevalence and diversity of life in the universe. The early Mars was very much like the early Earth; a rocky, warm and wet planet with a carbon dioxide–dominated atmosphere. Life appeared on Earth virtually as soon as our planet was cool enough for liquid...…The triumphant landing of the Perseverance rover has inspired all Americans, and indeed much of the world. President Biden should follow it up by launching a program to send humans to Mars.While robotic rovers are wonderful, they cannot resolve the fundamental scientific question that Mars poses to humanity, which relate to the potential prevalence and diversity of life in the universe. The early Mars was very much like the early Earth; a rocky, warm and wet planet with a carbon dioxide–dominated atmosphere. Life appeared on Earth virtually as soon as our planet was cool enough for liquid...WW…