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NASA'S SEARCH FOR EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE Source::  NASA NASA Leadership and Famous Astronauts NASA had made the search for extraterrestrial life in space a primary goal and mission. Here are the expert perspectives on the prospects from several famous astronauts and NASA's current Chief: NASA Chief Jim Bridenstein On NASA’s objective of discovering aliens Bridenstein said: “The goal is to discover life on another world; that’s what we’re trying to achieve. And because of so many great people in this room, friends, we are well on our way to doing that.”  Astonaut Buzz Aldrin After three spacewalks as pilot of the 1966 Gemini 12 mission, and as the lunar module pilot on the 1969 Apollo 11 mission, and as one of the first two humans to land on the moon , he said the following: "There was something out there that was close enough to be observed... sort of L-shaped."   "There may be aliens in our Milky Way galaxy, and ther...

Second Unmanned Lunar Mission Source:  Stock Image Rover to Land at Unexplored South Pole "Boldly going to where no country has gone before."  That's the way the Indian Space Research Organization describes their second unmanned mission to the Moon within a year.  It's set to lift off Monday, July 15 and will touch down on September 6 or 7. Rover on Board India will land a rover at the Moon's South Pole which is unexplored territory.  The $141 million Chandrayaan-2 Mission is equipped to search for water, map the lunar surface and analyze minerals. Bold Space Leadership All of the technology for this space mission has been developed in India.  The country is about to become the world's fifth largest economy.  And the Indian government, with its space program, is building a space leadership position alongside the US, China and Russia.  India plans to send a manned mission to space by 2022.  For a free Kindle borrow of my book "Big Spa...