Posted on 04/03/2016 2:17:50 PM PDT by repentant_pundit
In the movie, "The Martian," Matt Damon was a fictional astronaut stranded on Mars. In reality, the head of NASA says astronauts could set foot on the Red Planet within the next twenty years.
"We think we're on the right trajectory to get humans to Mars in the 2030's," NASA Administrator Charles Bolden told CNBC's "On the Money" in an interview this week.
He should know: Prior to assuming NASA's top job in 2009, Bolden was himself an astronaut for 14 years, commanding two space shuttle missions during that time. The U.S.'s top space official says he's confident the agency's "Journey to Mars" goal can be accomplished, building on years of space exploration.
"If we were just starting out, I would have doubts," Bolden explained. "But we've been sending precursor missions to Mars for almost 50 years now."
Now in his seventh year as leader of the space agency, Bolden told "On The Money" that a big part of his legacy will involve "making sure we're on a steady path to Mars and that we can get there in the 2030's. We're a lot closer than ever before."
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Vacations to Mars for the political class!
Going to Mars couldn’t be lower on my priority list for this country.
don’t ya know the base on mars will be all so social..yep, they rob the taxpayer for covert missions designed to sustain mankind because they have killed this earth..ever seen machete? LOL
suckers get hosed over and over..lies and deceit..
Moslem outreach on Mars?
I think robots can give us way more bang for the buck than sending men to mars. The expense for sending men would be incredible. The chance for failure and death is probably higher than the moon ever was. They are so many more complexities that have to be overcome and for what? We already know that we can travel to another planet and return safely but that doesn’t mean we have to go and do it again now.
Set up the moon as our permanent space station. All missions heading out to Mars, the Astroid Belt etc. start from there. Makes the most economic sense. And will let us perfect the need tech.
Bull. Puckey.
Twenty years is “on track”?
Hope the Chinese or Russians give us Landing permission.
Thanks Obama and Bolden for destroying NASH ‘ S mission statement.
Hussein all of congress and the sc should be removed from office by the military for treason.
Every future event is closer than ever.
I’m opposed to the idea. ;)
Maybe he's planning to ship muzzie hordes to mars. That might be a good idea.
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