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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. Re:Actually by orim · · Score: 0, Troll

    "NASA is at serious risk of falling further and further behind, and becoming largely irrelevant in space exploration."

    You mean the same NASA that currently has a whole space station at its disposal, vs. the recently scrapped Mir?

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