McKinsey quote of the day

“Getting humans beyond Mars is a real challenge because it’s very far. You start having trouble generating power and communicating. There are some technologies that we’re developing that can help, and if we can build upon these technologies, I think it will be possible to explore the outer solar system.”

Joe Landon, vice president of advanced programs development at Lockheed Martin Space, on humans going to Mars and beyond in Lockheed Martin’s Joe Landon on the emerging space economy