Currently NASA is working towards taking men back to the Moon by 2019 in preparations for an asteroid and Mars mission in the 2020s. Taking a decade to return to a planet we first visited 50 years ago does not spark the imagination of the people. Providing a real challenge, like getting men to Mars by 2019 or founding a colony on the Moon by 2019 will invigorate and spark the creativity of today's young minds to become the scientists and engineers of tomorrow.



