Posted on 03/31/2016 10:05:23 AM PDT by BenLurkin
Establishing a human settlement on Mars has been the fevered dream of space agencies for some time. Long before NASA announced its “Journey to Mars” – a plan that outlined the steps that need to be taken to mount a manned mission by the 2030s – the agency’s was planning how a crewed mission could lead to the establishing of stations on the planet’s surface. And it seems that in the coming decades, this could finally become a reality.
But when it comes to establishing a permanent colony – another point of interest when it comes to Mars missions – the coming decades might be a bit too soon. Such was the message during a recent colloquium hosted by NASA’s Future In-Space Operations (FISO) working group. Titled “Selecting a Landing Site for Humans on Mars”, this presentation set out the goals for NASA’s manned mission in the coming decades.
Established in 2006 by the then-active FISO Working Group, the FISO lecture series is intended as an innovative outreach effort, helping leaders in the fields of science, technology, engineering and space exploration connect with the public. Held on March 16th, the colloquium touched on a number of issues which were raised at the the First Landing Site/Exploration Zone Workshop for Human Missions to the Surface of Mars – which took place in October of 2015 at the Lunar Planetary Institute (LPI) in Houston, TX.
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Blew the budget on Muslim outreach?
Phobos and Deimos would be good intermediate targets before planting colonies on Mars itself.
And “climate change”.
American space exploration gets a few bucks to buy scale models.
It has been almost 50 years since we first landed on the moon. Not a lot of moon bases have been built in that time.
At this rate, we should have a Mars based up and running in approximately 1,500 years.
We could be there for a fraction of what is spent on welfare.
But oddly enough for reasons I cannot explain, we will not go back to the moon?
I’d say we have a lot more pressing concerns here on earth. If someone wants to put their private money into this then more power to them but we don’t have the money for this.
Darn. I already bought my ticket on ebay.
spacex is going to build a mars colony long before nasa does
Too small, very little gravity a man would float off into space if not tethered.
NASA Scientists finally had that sit-down with Captain Obvious.
Delay? I was hoping we could send a bunch of BLM, and Soros hired anti-Trump protestors on a free one way vacation. NUTS!
Rumors abound on the internet about why we haven’t been back to the moon.
My personal favorite is that aliens said keep out.
Elon Musk or some other entrepreneur will do it.
Tough living there being exposed to solar radiation.
So why are we spending on the development of the Orion capsule and launch system which will be obsolete long before we make any real effort to go to Mars? This all sounds like vaporware to keep some contracts running while any real exploration effort will happen elsewhere.
Would have to be underground.
Anywhere we go in the solar system, we will be permanent cave dwellers.
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