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Buzz Aldrin's Roadmap to Mars

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on 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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  1. Cheaper? The space industry begs to differ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Buzz's plan may be cheaper than the NASA's current plan, but pass on his plan to NASA and the space industry and they'll inflate the price tag like he cannot believe.

    Still, the Congress might buy it.

    (sorry for a troll...)

  2. MMMMM, orbital donut. by Panascooter · · 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.

  3. One hell of a guy. by Paperweight · · Score: 5, Informative

    Has this guy lived or what?