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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i hereby by Mahou · 2006-01-22 22:27 · Score: 0, Redundant

i hereby nominate myself to help test this facility when it is done being constructed and time how long it takes to go to mars using this plan

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