Mars, Nasa Annouces First manned mission to Mars

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.

I wouldn’t be putting hopes on anyone making it to mars as a colony.

Interesting read on the finances/plans of ‘Mars Ones’ plans..

I’d like to nominate a lot of people to go as long as there is no hope of them coming back!

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.

I wouldn’t be putting hopes on anyone making it to mars as a colony.

Interesting read on the finances/plans of ‘Mars Ones’ plans..

That’s a long read but a great one.

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.

I wouldn’t be putting hopes on anyone making it to mars as a colony.

Interesting read on the finances/plans of ‘Mars Ones’ plans..

That’s a long read but a great one.

Yeah, I read it on the train. As an aside, I did find it on either http://longform.org or http://longreads.com.