Could We Abort a Manned Mission To Mars?

StartsWithABang writes: The next great leap in human spaceflight is a manned mission to a world within our Solar System: most likely Mars. But if something went wrong along the journey — at launch, close to Earth, or en route — whether biological or mechanical, would there be any way to return to Earth? This article is a fun (and sobering) look at what the limits of physics and technology allow at present. If you're interested in a hard sci-fi, near-future look at how a catastrophic Mars mission might go, you should read an excellent novel called The Martian by Andy Weir.

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Re:If A Woman Can Abort A Fetus

[Anonymous Coward]

Hey, it's not just women that can have abortions. It's females. Don't be so gender exclusive. Transmen can abort fetuses all day long too, they have their rights.