Expert: Paul Soderman - 3/4/2010

Question
Hello Mr Soderman,
My name i Dustin, I am doing a project on the innovation of Space Travel. If it's ok I would like to ask you some questions about how you have seen change in space travel.
1. What are some of the major changes that you have experienced in Space Aeronautics?
2. how did those changes affect space travel?
3. Did those changes come all at once or did the come over a long period of time?

Answer
1.  Dustin, Space Aeronautics is an odd term as there is no air in space.  Anyway, the biggest change in space travel has been the development of excellent robotics for exploration such as the Mars rovers.

2. Robots make exploration of planets and moons much safer and cheaper than sending manned missions.  Plus, they don't have to come back.

3. The change has been evolving as long as the space program has existed.