http://lightyears.blogs.cnn.com/2013/02/21/human-mission-to-mars-may-be-planned-for-2018/?hpt=hp_bn1
Here is an excerpt from the article:
"A nonprofit organization called the Inspiration Mars Foundation is hosting a press conference next week in which plans for a trip to Mars and back will be revealed. The proposed launch date is January 2018, and the venture is called "Mission for America."
The organization's new idea is to get to Mars and back in 501 days. The official description is as follows:
This "Mission for America" will generate new knowledge, experience and momentum for the next great era of space exploration. It is intended to encourage all Americans to believe again in doing the hard things that make our nation great, while inspiring youth through Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education and motivation
After reading the title of this article I got so excited about the idea of people traveling successfully to Mars. But, the article did not explicitly say that the mission is manned. Since I was not alive when people first landed on the moon, I think it would be awesome to see them land on something so foreign to me like MARS. Just as the article said, the space venture would make Americans believe in the impossible because that is what we are known for, in my opinion. Space is such a narrow field of study in my mind because it is so abstract and only a select group of people are even able to handle the realities of many other solar systems. I just think of the Jetson's and Star Wars when I think of outer space, and I hope someday we will actually know first hand what it is really like up there, not just estimated guesses and blurry pictures.
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