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Russia Wants to Launch Manned Mission to Mars

Posted by Hemos on from the ksr-should-fly dept.

Raul654 writes "The Maimi Herald, via the Associated Press, is reporting that Russia wants to launch a manned mission to mars. The article says that the Russians are hoping to work closely with the European Space Agency and/or NASA. The 6 person, 440 day trip would cost around $20 billion. Should be interesting to see how this shapes up. See also here for mirror article."

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  1. Re:Excellent! by ceejayoz · · Score: 4, Funny

    Maybe they'll spend an extra couple billion and have six ladders for everyone to step off at the same time.

    "Three... two... HEY! BORIS! Damnit, that's not fair!"

  2. Re:What I want to know is... by GigsVT · · Score: 3, Funny

    Freeze dried vodka

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  3. Re:If International Space Station Is An Indicator. by dsb3 · · Score: 5, Funny

    > and then tell me how we build it for free!

    Easy.

    1. collect underpants
    2. wait
    3. travel to mars!!

    Who's interested in the IPO?

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  4. Re:If International Space Station Is An Indicator. by Dark+Paladin · · Score: 3, Funny
    somebody prove me wrong - and then tell me how we build it for free!
    Well, we could always try to put it under the GPL....No, wait, that would just make it the other kind of free. My bad.
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  5. if anyone should do it... by gol64738 · · Score: 3, Funny

    the russians have a better chance at this project than the americans. why? because safety america wouldn't allow a NASA ship to go to mars without backup systems backing up other systems backing up other systems, which costs a LOT of money for all that redundancy.

    the russians have a less altrusitic attitude towards their cosmonauts; perhaps a bit like their military personnel.

    i mean, when the russians are ready to launch this mission, and it blows up on the pad, their attitude is like, 'whelp, that sucks. here, stick 6 more guys in that other rocket and lets try it again'.

  6. Insert Obligatory *NSYNC Space Reference Here... by gdyas · · Score: 3, Funny

    Maybe it could just be like taking that millionaire sponsorship thing to another level. Get Pepsi to chip in as well, to have their logo on everything.

    I vote for Britney to go along as fuck toy / mascot.

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