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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. Mars Direct by cybrpnk2 · · Score: 3, Informative

    Anybody interested in a Mars mission would do well to use as a starting point Zubrin's Mars Direct plan...

  2. That's Mars Direct by Goonie · · Score: 3, Informative

    As will undoubtedly be mentioned multiple times on this discussion, that's Robert Zubrin's Mars Direct plan, and the concept of making the fuel there for the return trip seems to be the only vaguely sane way to do things.

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