Posted on 01/05/2005 7:08:41 PM PST by KevinDavis
Ahmedabad, Jan 5 (IANS) American scientists are preparing to return to the moon and send a man to Mars as part of a new project by space agency NASA, a US official said here Wednesday.
Scientists are designing a new crew exploration vehicle spacecraft as part of a venture called Project Constellation, said Lee Morin, deputy assistant secretary for science at the US Department of State.
The return to moon would take place between 2015 and 2020, after which the Mars exploration would be carried out, Morin told IANS on the sidelines of the 92nd Indian Science Congress here.
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And the point of going to Mars is ,what?
There's nothing there, and it's a two year trip one way. What's the point?
Let's colonize the Moon first and have an orbiting Hilton with a swimming pool and glass dome.
Going to Mars is for robots.
You have to wonder that when they do, in each place where they land, there might be a Chinese resturant already there.
Don't worry. With NASA in charge, won't happen. The mission of NASA is to employ NASA personnel. Any other "benefit" is incidental.
Well, look on the bright side--there won't be any rodents, dogs, or cats around.
they could stay in Rutan's Hotel
Six months. And with some of the newer propulsion systems, perhaps half that.
As far as there being nothing there . . . There is a lot there! But as always with the wilderness, we have to go there and build, build, build to make it comfortable.
This is true.
Been doing this aerospace stuff since 1971.
Worked with scientists and engineers who worked in the general field since prior to WWII.
I'm the peon w the M.S. surrounded by PHD's, on a variety of advanced programs.
Manned mission to Mars ain't happening.
No purpose, no constituency.
Wanna guess the cost?
No, not the sticker in the marketing window, the real cost.
Somebody has to go and fix the robots.
What a friggin waste.
Whatever.. We are going to Mars and it is not going to cost a trillion..
No it isn't..
Wonder where it'll be filmed....Hey maybe this is something Stone could handle.
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