[JRandomFreeper]

let me know the launch date for the next Mars mission

The date from FedGov has always been 30 years away, for the last 40 years.

That's a long wait where the train don't come.

/johnny

[Nifster]

I didn’t say a manned mission just an exploratory. Those have been done far more frequently than your comment. The truth is that things like SpaceX don’t do exploratory or research missions.

Don’t get me wrong the NASA mission has been degraded by Congress and politics and stupid people like Hansen (Yeah I know he is NOAA). There are things that NASA can do that the private sector will never do-—think Kepler for example.