by Sam McKeown
There was a famous space race during the cold war between the US and the USSR. The culmination of this race was when Neil Armstrong stepped foot on the Moon in 1969. And since that day in 1969, lots of advances have been made with the space program. The thing is, there has not been the same enthusiasm with the space program as there once was. There are a few reasons behind this, but in my opinion, there is one that stand out.
Ever since we set foot on the Moon, there has been no obvious next step. People have always looked to the Moon, but it was never realistic for a government to take that massive step. So, space lost its intrigue.
Except that has changed in the last few years, especially the last few months. Now, the torch of ingenuity when it comes to space has been passed on to private companies. The two companies that are the most important when it comes to the race to Mars are SpaceX, led by Elon Musk and a partnership between Boeing and Lockheed.
All three of these companies have slightly different end goals, but all three have the immediate goal of making space travel cheaper and easier, allowing humans to reach Mars as soon as possible. The competition between the company's recently intensified when Elon Musk unveiled detailed plans on how SpaceX plans on making it to Mars. Then, Boeing-Lockheed said that they plan on beating Musk to Mars. Let the race begin.
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