NASA Rejoins Space Race with Manned DeepSpacecraft

Laura K. Cowan writes: "NASA is back in the future-tech space race with a new manned deep space craft called the Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, which aims to take astronauts on longer missions to deep space, eventually to planets such as Mars where only unmanned crafts have previously traveled. The MPCV holds 4 astronauts, is currently capable of 3-week missions, and not only could take mankind to new frontiers but is billed as being "10 times safer... than the current space shuttle." Maybe there is hope for space travel outside the X Prize."