How Far Could NASA Send Humans Into Space?

Profile photo for Thomas Edward Samuel Thomas Thomas Edward Samuel Thomas · Follow Amateur astronomer4y How far could NASA send a human into space realistically? With today’s technology, some good funding, and about three years to plan and build a spaceship, NASA could send humans to Titan, Saturn’s planetary moon. It would likely take them seven years to get there, five years to come back, so they’d need Food and Fuel for twelve years. A rotating pod could be created for centrifugal artificial gravity so that the astronauts, perhaps twenty of them, wouldn’t suffer from bone density loss. The pod could be made to rotate so that the main cabins would be at 1 G, Earth’s Standard. The main structure would be static though, weightless. This is an overblown example of what humanity might build in the future. For now it would need only to be a frame with engines, a life ring, and a control pod in the front, as well as food, water and fuel tanks, as well as a waste processing center. Food could also be produced Aeroponically in part of the life ring. 331.2K views View 1,607 upvotes View 27 shares 1 of 20 answers