hot on the heels of the UAE (yep the UAE) announcing they would be sending a probe to Mars, NASA set a firm time line for the first manned mission to Mars.
I knew all it would take was an Arab nation to get into space before the yanks actually started pouring money into NASA again.
still reckon Space X will beat them all there.
what about sending a chick? i read somewhere they cope much better with the extreme conditions required to complete the training
If they actually want to land a person(s) on Mars, its still a one way trip scenario. Which obviously means needing a habitable base of some type. Its a fascinating idea, but the cost will be extraordinary.
with the amount of anti-science GOP reps on expenditure review committees I doubt it’l make it at all.
It’s been on the cards for a while. I doubt the UAE sending a probe has anything to do with it. Pretty sure you’re overplaying the race card again.
It's been on the cards for a while. I doubt the UAE sending a probe has anything to do with it. Pretty sure you're overplaying the race card again.Totally.
I do like though that there is some symmetry between the Curiosity rover sending photos back of Earth from Mars and the announcement of a mission there, same thing happened (though manned) with Earthrise.
The US, Russian and India have already sent probes to Mars as well.
Hasn’t the Mars One project been around for quite a few years?
The US, Russian and India have already sent probes to Mars as well.Hasn’t the Mars One project been around for quite a few years?
yes
It's been on the cards for a while. I doubt the UAE sending a probe has anything to do with it. Pretty sure you're overplaying the race card again.Totally.I do like though that there is some symmetry between the Curiosity rover sending photos back of Earth from Mars and the announcement of a mission there, same thing happened (though manned) with Earthrise.
All the rovers have done it. Curiosity isn’t the first ones either.
Whatever the case it’s about ■■■■■■■ time.
Its strange after years of going we wont spend the money on manned missions probes can do just as good a work, they suddenly go, no, we are going to put a man there, its probably nothing to do with the UAE but might be because Musk or Branson might get there first?
Do the Ayyy-rabs (please pronounce it like this in your head for extra racialist effect) know there’s no oil there?
Good answer.
Do the Ayyy-rabs (please pronounce it like this in your head for extra racialist effect) know there's no oil there?
Do the seppos know that there is no oil there?
Touche.
If they actually want to land a person(s) on Mars, its still a one way trip scenario. Which obviously means needing a habitable base of some type. Its a fascinating idea, but the cost will be extraordinary.Space x reckon the have the tech to return a person, so do NASA, there are heaps of vids on YouTube how they plan to do it
The returning is an interesting proposition. From a practicality perspective it is a pain in the backside. Would be much easier as a one way mission. I guess ethically it would be hard to make an argument. Needs more Bruce Willis.
If they actually want to land a person(s) on Mars, its still a one way trip scenario. Which obviously means needing a habitable base of some type. Its a fascinating idea, but the cost will be extraordinary.Space x reckon the have the tech to return a person, so do NASA, there are heaps of vids on YouTube how they plan to do it
Not hard to return someone from a soundstage in Burbank>
The returning is an interesting proposition. From a practicality perspective it is a pain in the backside. Would be much easier as a one way mission. I guess ethically it would be hard to make an argument. Needs more Bruce Willis.
He’d blow himself up there!
It sounds silly but surely we’d start with the moon. We’ve been there what 8 times with people?
Last I read we can’t even build the Saturn V rocket again due to cost and a facility big enough for it.