NASA, Clemson University announce partnership [Video]

A new agreement will mean Clemson University’s staff and students reaching for the stars. On Monday, NASA and Clemson announced a new Space Act agreement, partnering the two in space travel efforts. This comes as NASA works to overcome challenges to travel to Mars, 140 million miles away.If Mars is the length of a football field, then a trip to the moon is an almost eight-inch step. This leap will require resources and partnerships like Monday’s.The agreement was one small step for NASA, one giant leap for Clemson. “To make that next giant leap, we need to have everyone involved and everyone working together,” said Vanessa Wyche, a Clemson alum and Director of the NASA Johnson Space Center.The two will work together to help further space travel, allowing students and faculty to help research and develop answers to its challenges. “Those are challenges in energy, in transportation, habitation. And Clemson …