Buzz Aldrin's Roadmap to Mars

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Sunday January 22, 2006 @10:11PM from the anything-to-get-me-outta-here dept.

FleaPlus writes "Former astronaut (and MIT astronautics grad) Buzz Aldrin has an article in last months Popular Mechanics in which he describes a plan for manned Mars missions. Aldrin's plan proposes using a Cycler spacecraft permanently orbiting between Earth and Mars. This would have a shielded habitat and rotation-induced gravity, and would take just 5 months to reach Mars. Smaller vehicles would take astronauts to and from the Cycler. Aldrin claims the plan is less costly and more sustainable than NASA's current plans."

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MMMMM, orbital donut. by Panascooter · 2006-01-22 22:19 · Score: 5, Funny

Not only is he an MIT grad with a doctorate, he's got a moon crater named after him, and he has flown into space with Homer Simpson. With credentials like that I don't know how anyone could doubt his wisdom.