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Private Mars Mission Planned For 2009

Posted by timothy on from the members-only dept.

Enkidu writes "Spiegel and other German media are reporting that a complete private Mars mission (automated translation) is planned for 2009. Organizations behind are AMSAT and Mars Society Germany."

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  1. Re:Wow, better get cracking...! by ZZeta · · Score: 5, Informative

    "No private organization has even been to the moon, and NASA is going pretty great lengths to ensure they understand all effects and implications from staying in space a very long time."

    Be careful, this has nothing to do with staying is space for a long time. They aren't sending a human, living, person.

    It's all right there in google's attempt at translating.

  2. Re:Yeah right.... by mjbkinx · · Score: 5, Informative
    Seriously, they can't even get to *Earth's* orbit, and they are planning to go to Mars?

    they have sent up private amateur radio satellites into earth orbit for years using some spare space in ESAs arianes since 1980.
    they're a rather large group of scientists who work on the project for free in their spare time.

    here are some infos in english (and german)