Shuttle era sees final spacewalk

Astronauts have made the last space walk of NASA's shuttle era.  The space agency will turn to private enterprise to help meet the White House goal of sending astronauts to an asteroid by 2025.  After that, the plans are to head for Mars.

             Spacing Out

NASA's shuttle era's gone

But work in space continues on;
After thirty years among the stars,
Our space folks turn their thoughts to Mars.

©  2011  Jim Gordon