First crewed round-trip to Mars possible by 2030, says NASA's Bridenstine
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine has said that the
agency is planning its first round-trip voyage to Mars during which the crew
could spend about a month on the planet's surface.
The US
space agency wants to send humans to Mars as early as the 2030s.
NASA will
use advanced propulsion systems to enable a faster journey to the Red Planet
while limiting radiation exposure for its astronauts and other mission risks,
Bridenstine said on Monday while participating in a discussion with the Space
Foundation, a non-profit organisation.
"Our
preferred launch window will give the crew about 30 days on the Martian
surface, which is ample time to search for life on another world," he
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