Post by glactus on Aug 3, 2011 0:39:52 GMT
A manned mission to Mars has been the subject of science fiction, engineering, and scientific proposals throughout the 20th century and into the 21st century. The plans comprise proposals not only to land on, but eventually also settle on the planet Mars, its moons, Phobos & Deimos and terraform the planet.
The spacecraft to Mars
Wernher von Braun was the first person to make a detailed technical study of a Mars mission. Details were published in his book Das Marsprojekt (1952); published in English as The Mars Project (1962)
Mars ship interior
Preliminary work for missions has been undertaken since the 1950s, with planned missions typically taking place 10 to 30 years in the future. The list of manned Mars mission plans in the 20th century shows the various mission proposals that have been put forth by multiple organizations and space agencies in this field of space exploration.
The landing
In 2004 the U.S. administration announced a new Vision for Space Exploration naming a manned Mars mission as one of its milestones. No concrete plan has been decided upon, and the proposal is currently being discussed between politicians, scientists, space advocates and in the public. In 2010, a new bill was signed allowing for a manned Mars mission by the 2030's.
A 1990 paper by Robert Zubrin and David A. Baker, then of Martin Marietta, proposed reducing the mission mass (and hence the cost) with a mission design using In Situ Resource Utilization to manufacture propellant from the Martian Atmosphere. Over the next decade, this proposal was developed by Zubrin into a mission concept, Mars Direct. The mission is advocated by the Mars Society, which Zubrin founded in 1998, as a practical and affordable plan for a manned Mars mission.
The present NASA directive in space is to pass low Earth orbital undertakings to the private sector and to concentrate on exploration into deep space, to Asteroids and then possibly a manned mission to the Red Planet.
Listening to the Marsmen
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Telescope in avatar: Meade 16" LX 200 on equatorial pier
Astronomer in avatar: Glactus
The spacecraft to Mars
Wernher von Braun was the first person to make a detailed technical study of a Mars mission. Details were published in his book Das Marsprojekt (1952); published in English as The Mars Project (1962)
Mars ship interior
Preliminary work for missions has been undertaken since the 1950s, with planned missions typically taking place 10 to 30 years in the future. The list of manned Mars mission plans in the 20th century shows the various mission proposals that have been put forth by multiple organizations and space agencies in this field of space exploration.
The landing
In 2004 the U.S. administration announced a new Vision for Space Exploration naming a manned Mars mission as one of its milestones. No concrete plan has been decided upon, and the proposal is currently being discussed between politicians, scientists, space advocates and in the public. In 2010, a new bill was signed allowing for a manned Mars mission by the 2030's.
A 1990 paper by Robert Zubrin and David A. Baker, then of Martin Marietta, proposed reducing the mission mass (and hence the cost) with a mission design using In Situ Resource Utilization to manufacture propellant from the Martian Atmosphere. Over the next decade, this proposal was developed by Zubrin into a mission concept, Mars Direct. The mission is advocated by the Mars Society, which Zubrin founded in 1998, as a practical and affordable plan for a manned Mars mission.
The present NASA directive in space is to pass low Earth orbital undertakings to the private sector and to concentrate on exploration into deep space, to Asteroids and then possibly a manned mission to the Red Planet.
Listening to the Marsmen
Credits: These are non copywrite images
Text by Wikipedia/Glactus
Telescope in avatar: Meade 16" LX 200 on equatorial pier
Astronomer in avatar: Glactus