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If the goal now is to land humans to Asteroids and Mars, we had better give ourselves the ability to develop and test technology and procedures as well as train astronauts for the challenge of flying in space. Currently Russia in cooperation with the European Space Agency and China are looking at the psychological aspects of a flight to Mars. But it does not include flying but just being locked in a big Earth-bound simulator. We know the effects of long-term micro-gravity exposure in space through the ISS and Russia’s multiple space stations like MIR. President Obama has called for pushing technology so we can get places faster. In the near future, a plasma engine is going to be brought to the ISS for testing. But the ISS doesn’t fly the way a spacecraft would. It doesn’t need to change orbit, plane nor change orientation and speed. We need a spacecraft that actually tests out the plasma engine in orbit doing more advanced maneuvers. Of course this can be done unmanned but event...

So I haven't posted since October when I joined Japantourist.jp . When the site launched on November 4th I was just a simple partner trying to learn the ropes of a new industry. Before long I got involved with social media marketing of the site and dove head first into a field.  In university I had taken one marketing class and liked it. I had also helped my girlfriend with some of her marketing projects. Though I had done journalism and taught myself HTML, living in a rural community in the mountains of Japan had left me disconnected with much of the ex-pat community and made me relaxed in my skill set.  "Time to study up!"  With only access to the web I started sitting in on webinars, reading eBooks and blogs and looking in on LinkedIn groups. But as a hands-on learner, the best approach was to just try everything and be creative.  Everything I read deals with either B2B or B2C models but Japantourist doesn't fit either. In fact it includes but both. - Regula...