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Manned Mars Mission In 2014?

Posted by michael on from the opportunity-knocks dept.

simonj writes: "BBC News Online carried a report that, according to an American academic, the best time for a manned Mars mission will be in 2014. Apparently, Earth, Mars and Venus will be in alignment, allowing a gravitational slingshot manoeuvre."

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  1. I'm already in training for a Mars mission by Hairy_Potter · · Score: 5

    I spend over 8 hours a day in a small cubicle, getting all my social interaction fromn a computer, and eating from a vending machine.

    3 years in a telephone booth to Mars and back? No problem.