Hey Space Placers!
Hear about the Mars mission being proposed by some scientists that would be one way? Their idea is that it is far simpler (and faster) to send humans to Mars on a one way trip - leaving Earth never to return using their original spacecraft - and staying on Mars. To go one way cuts down on the complexity and cost and they think the technology exists to do such a mission fairly soon.
They do not liken it to a "suicide mission" as the astronauts would be resupplied via regular flights to Mars. We are sending missions to Mars now about every 2+ years.
I am sure there are plenty of people who would volunteer for this mission. It has been likened to the earliest ocean voyages of explorers who left their homelands for the unknown far reaches of our planet.
NASA has said it does not consider such missions as they want to get their people back. But a mssion funded and launched by a private entity might consider doing so.
What do you think?
Read More About It: http://journalofcosmology.com/Mars108.html
Sky Guy in VA
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