Post by sherlew99 on Oct 1, 2016 15:54:04 GMT -6
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A Tale of Two Mars Missions
Written by Daniel Oberhaus
October 1, 2016 // 11:00 AM EST
Earlier this week Elon Musk outlined his plans to take humans to Mars at the International Astronautical Congress in Guadalajara, Mexico. There were a lot of unresolved issues with his vision to turn humans into a multiplanetary species (particularly its cost), but his grand unveiling was met with great fanfare and excitement about the future of crewed interplanetary travel.
While Musk’s Mars ambitions are certainly out of this world, his unveiling overshadowed another presentation given the following night which detailed a far more realistic, albeit less sexy, plan to take humans to the Red Planet by 2028.
A Tale of Two Mars Missions
Written by Daniel Oberhaus
October 1, 2016 // 11:00 AM EST
Earlier this week Elon Musk outlined his plans to take humans to Mars at the International Astronautical Congress in Guadalajara, Mexico. There were a lot of unresolved issues with his vision to turn humans into a multiplanetary species (particularly its cost), but his grand unveiling was met with great fanfare and excitement about the future of crewed interplanetary travel.
While Musk’s Mars ambitions are certainly out of this world, his unveiling overshadowed another presentation given the following night which detailed a far more realistic, albeit less sexy, plan to take humans to the Red Planet by 2028.
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