NASA Reveals Hundred Year Starship Program

cmansley writes "NASA Ames Director Simon Worden revealed that NASA Ames has 'just started a project with DARPA called the Hundred Year Starship,' with $1 million funding from DARPA and $100K from NASA. Worden said 'Larry [Page] asked me a couple weeks ago how much it would cost to send people one way to Mars and I told him $10 billion, and his response was, "Can you get it down to 1 or 2 billion?"'"

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"send people one way to Mars"

[Dystopian Rebel]

In other news: Google To Expand Outsourcing

Cutting Corners

[PmanAce]

$10 billion to $1-2 billion? What corners are they going to cut I wonder...

"Ok astronauts, we had some budget cuts so you will have to hold your breath once you get out of our atmosphere..."

Yes, I can send someone for 2 billion

[Dark Stranger]

.. oh, you mean ALIVE?