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US & Russia Pencil in Mars Launch by 2018

Posted by Hemos on from the not-bloody-likely dept.

snilloc writes "The Washington Times is reporting that the US and Russia (and the Europeans are mentioned too) are planning for an eventual manned Mars trip. Suggested launch years are 2014 or 2018. The article discusses unmanned probes at greater length than the manned plans, but check out the Russian isolation experiment where 6 people will spend 500 days in a simulated spacecraft environment. (Sounds like a good reality TV show to me.)"

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  1. It's the economy stupid.... by goosman · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    While I'm happy to se that they're still talking about manned space missions, is this the best they could do to boost the economy? I don't want to wait until 2018 for a bull market.