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People on Mars in 30 Years?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i-can-see-my-house-from-here dept.

lucabrasi999 writes "Yahoo is running a Reuters story in which Arthur Thompson, the head of the NASA 'rover' missions, says that people could be landing on Mars in the next twenty or thirty years. If that is true, I estimate that within 50 years, Mars will need women."

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  1. Detail left out by StevenHenderson · · Score: 4, Informative
    There was a detail left out of the submission. The FA reads:

    Asked how long it could be before astronauts land on Mars, Arthur Thompson, mission manager for MER surface operations, told Reuters in an interview in Lima, "My best guess is 20 to 30 years, if that becomes our primary priority."

    If it is primary priority. Which I doubt it will be. And depending on who is our next president might affect how much funding NASA gets.