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NASA aims to land humans on Mars by 2035

By T.K. Randall
May 31, 2014 · Comment icon 36 comments

Humans may step foot on Mars within 20 years. Image Credit: NASA/Pat Rawlings
The space agency has emphasized that sending humans to the Red Planet is still its primary mission.
At the recent European Lunar Symposium at the Natural History Museum in London, chief NASA scientist Dr Ellen Stofan and deputy chief technologist Jim Adams indicated that a manned mission to Mars may be possible by 2035.

"To unambiguously settle the questions of whether there was life on Mars it will take scientists down on the surface," said Dr Stofan.
One of the ways in which NASA hopes to work towards this goal is to use the Moon as a practice ground to test out the technologies that will be relied upon once a manned crew sets off for Mars.

Another stepping stone will be the proposed manned asteroid mission that will see astronauts fly to a space rock after it has been towed in to near-Earth orbit especially for this purpose. The endeavor would provide a valuable opportunity to test out many of the technologies that will be used going to Mars such as new spacesuits and ways to protect the astronauts from radiation.

"Where NASA is headed is to the Martian surface in the 2030s," said Adams. "It is my dream that once we've put boots on Mars and we've established that pioneering presence on the surface, we would have already been thinking about where to go next."

Source: Natural History Museum | Comments (36)




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Comment icon #27 Posted by Capt Amerika 11 years ago
Shouldn't we at least land on the moon first? seems like a logical place to start.
Comment icon #28 Posted by Noteverythingisaconspiracy 11 years ago
Shouldn't we at least land on the moon first? seems like a logical place to start. You are kidding right ? Please say that you are kidding !
Comment icon #29 Posted by Waspie_Dwarf 11 years ago
Well, I believe the Nazi Prisoners were not guilty of anything other than being Jewish. So let me ask you, would sending Nazi war criminals to mars be a moral thing to do? No, I would consider it an abhorrent thing to do. To suggest scientific experimentation on any unwilling human being is totally vile and amoral.
Comment icon #30 Posted by Waspie_Dwarf 11 years ago
Why does a mission to Mars require first catching an asteroid, and throwing it into moon orbit? It doesn't. No one has ever said it does. The Asteroid Redirect Mission is an early mission for the Orion/SLS programme taking place, probably, on the second manned mission of the Orion vehicle. It's goal is to learn about asteroids so that plans can be formulated to protect Earth from future impacts. However what NASA learn from this and other early flights will be applied to any future manned missions, including flights to Mars.
Comment icon #31 Posted by Waspie_Dwarf 11 years ago
Are you serious? Do you know anything at all about planetary motions and orbits and all that? No he doesn't, he REALLY doesn't It seems way off target to catch an asteroid and throw it into Moon orbit, that in itself might take until 2035 to achieve. It seems off target to YOU. Have you ever considered the fact that it may be YOU that is off target, you that doesn't understand the issues? I have already explained, in my previous post, why NASA is going to carry out the Asteroid Redirect Mission, I'll leave it at that. Are NASA even serious? Yes, are you? Surely the quickest way to get to Mars ... [More]
Comment icon #32 Posted by toast 11 years ago
A private space agency is already planning to colonize Mars by 2025. NASA is slow. This agency (Mars-1) is a joke, NASA isn`t.
Comment icon #33 Posted by toast 11 years ago
So let me ask you, would sending Nazi war criminals to mars be a moral thing to do? A: 1.) think; 2.) post. In this sequence.
Comment icon #34 Posted by Socio 11 years ago
A private space agency is already planning to colonize Mars by 2025. NASA is slow. That will never happen either, private companies exist to profit, the law of supply and demand will make it impossible.
Comment icon #35 Posted by Capt Amerika 11 years ago
You are kidding right ? Please say that you are kidding ! i was kidding.
Comment icon #36 Posted by Waspie_Dwarf 11 years ago
That will never happen either, private companies exist to profit, the law of supply and demand will make it impossible. Except that Mars 1 is a not-for-profit organisation.


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