The Mars Society... Imagine

Have you ever dared to dream? What could you possibly imagine? How about sending humans to Mars? It is possible.

Learn how at: http://www.marssociety.org

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[Eisenmond]

Wow! The Mars Society has the right idea! Let's send Humans to Mars and inspire a whole new generation! The opportunities are endless!

Check them out and become a member!

[newmac]

Its kind of funny to think that NASA has only managed to only send humans some 380 pitiful miles away from the Earth; since 1972.

[jmxgen]

@RevDarkehorse

NASA's budget is a mere tiny fraction ... less than 1% of the overall federal budget. Whatever amount of taxpayer money NASA consumes is practically insignificant.

As for what NASA does with it... NASA funds a lot of math & science related programs around America. It holds contests with prize money for people who come up with new ideas for improving technology in areas related to spacefaring technologies, among many other things.

Among other things, NASA supports sci&tech progs

[jmxgen]

@rbolo29

"Yes, it's a great dream and I've love to see it but in reality we don't have the technology to guarantee a safe passage and return."

Then maybe the solution is to make it a one-way trip. I suggest you check out "Mars to Stay" on Wikipedia.

[googoo120]

@Eisenmond To be fair it's actualy more like 385000 Kilometers, or approx 240k miles. :P

[smartwarlord]

The Mars Society is brilliant!

Check them out and become a member!

[Hypergalactica]

@rbolo29 I don't know about that. In order to generate a significant gravitational force, the ship would have to accelerate in a straight line. If it continuously accelerated then decelerated at 1g in a straight line, it would reach Mars in 2-5 days. Obviously this is beyond our capabilities. Artificial gravity would be much easier generated by spinning the spacecraft.

[RevDarkehorse]

@newmac Yeah, what the heck have they been doing with taxpayer money since then?

[EnceladusEmpire]

The amount of money wasted in the Iraq War in 2006 and 2007 could have funded a human landing on Mars fully. The total bribes received by Russian officials could almost pay for two. It is such a shame that the world is wasting money on things that are detrimental to Humanity, rather than spending it on things that could save it, like space colonisation.

[rbolo29]

The gravity on the ships could be generated through the constantly acceleration speeds and deacceleration speeds on the way to Mars.

[rbolo29]

Yes, it's a great dream and I've love to see it but in reality we don't have the technology to guarantee a safe passage and return. We need much faster propulsion systems and such. Robert Zubrin is both a genius and a crack pot in one I think.