NASA set the bar by planning manned Mars visit
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The spacecraft will be assembled in 'low-Earth' orbit using 3 to 4 Ares V rockets, a new launch vehicle that NASA has been developing.
The journey time for the lucky astronaut's is around 6 to 7 months in a craft powered by an 'advanced cryogenic fuel propulsion system'
The details on this voyage are still in their early stages but, at this moment in time they are assuming this to be the 'best strategy'.
The estimated cost of the mission is sitting somewhere between $20-$450 billion, a bit of wide bracket but, it's mere pocket change to the world's richest nation...
This raises a lot of questions not only about the priorities of the American government in a time of great worry about the state of our environment but, what it is they expect to find there?
It's excitement but, not as we know it.
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Tori
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Richard Branson is betting it is some people's cup of tea! After you've earned 2 million miles flying on Virgin Atlantic, you can cash in those miles for a flight on Virgin Galactic. Amazing. And not plausible for non-frequent travelers...but the business person who makes frequent trips between San Francisco and London, say...it would only be a matter of years before that space trip was possible!
- 5 years ago
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Tori
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abbym0308
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great question. what is it exactly that is so appealing about sending a man to mars? they've already spent so much time and money sending little machines out there to turn up very little more than dust, ice, wicked storms and frankly a harsh environment that no man should want to find himself in. i'm not sure if i even like the idea of space travel. i mean, it's one thing to be stranded on a crap holiday in blackpool. but what if things go wrong when you're 7 months away from EARTH? not my cup of tea.
- 5 years ago
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abbym0308
