Giovanni Bignami, former Chairman of the Space Science Advisory Committee of the European Space Agency, and author of the ESA Cosmic Vision 2015-25 ten year planning document, speaks about the future of space exploration. How is his vision document being implemented? Should we try and go back to the Moon? Should we go to Mars instead? Should we try and settle Mars? How quickly can we get a Mars mission up and running? Can we engineer an interstellar mission? And he tells his opinion about …

A video by ESA regarding the future of space exploration. Date- 30th May. Source- www.esa.int ‘To land on the Moon and on Mars, scientists need a mix of human and robotic missions to know in advance what challenges must be met. A video report from the Berlin International Airshow’s Space Pavilion on the future of human exploration in space. In February 2008, the Agency’s long-awaited Columbus science lab was successfully delivered to the International Space Station, and on 3 April, the first …