Help support TMP


"A Manned Mission to Mars: How NASA Could Do It" Topic


4 Posts

All members in good standing are free to post here. Opinions expressed here are solely those of the posters, and have not been cleared with nor are they endorsed by The Miniatures Page.

Please use the Complaint button (!) to report problems on the forums.

For more information, see the TMP FAQ.


Back to the SF Media Message Board


Areas of Interest

Science Fiction

Featured Hobby News Article


Featured Link


Featured Showcase Article

Blue Moon's Romanian Civilians, Part Five

The last four villagers from Blue Moon's Romanian set, as painted by PhilGreg Painters.


Featured Profile Article


Current Poll


Featured Movie Review


917 hits since 5 Jun 2015
©1994-2024 Bill Armintrout
Comments or corrections?

Tango0105 Jun 2015 10:51 p.m. PST

"Putting boots on Mars by the end of the 2030s is not just a pipe dream, a new study suggests.

NASA could land astronauts on the Red Planet by 2039 without breaking the bank, provided the space agency takes a stepwise approach that includes a manned 2033 trip to the Mars moon Phobos, according to the research.

"Mars is possible, and in a time horizon of interest," Hoppy Price, of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, said May 20 during a presentation with the space agency's Future In-Space Operations (FISO) working group. "It could happen in our lifetime, and it wouldn't take a trillion dollars to do it."…"
Full article here
link

Amicalement
Armand

Rabbit 306 Jun 2015 5:36 a.m. PST

If all the paperwork produced by all the studies made was joined together end to end it would strech to Mars easily.
It just requires people to get their fingers out their collective butts and start building the hardware!

Tango0106 Jun 2015 10:21 a.m. PST

(smile)

Amicalement
Armand

nvdoyle06 Jun 2015 1:19 p.m. PST

We could put boots on Mars far earlier, we just have to get over our fear of drives that involve the N-word.

Sorry - only verified members can post on the forums.