Can we as the human race put a man on Mars with in the next twenty years?

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Answer 1

If we work as the human race it is possible

Answer 2

It is possible but its gonna cost a boatload of money to do it.

Spacecraft design will be an important part. You have to build a ship big enough to carry supplies to support the crew for a 2 year journey. Also once you get there you have to erect a shelter that protects against cosmic radiation as Mars doesn't have a magnetic field to deflect the rays. Additionaly, you have to have a way to resupply those folks once they are there.

A quicker way to build a very large spaceship would be to assemble it in Earth orbit. You could build a ship as big as you wanted and the cost would end up being lower cause your not using as much fuel to propell the entire spacecraft from the surface of the Earth.

Another option would be to launch a spacecraft with extra supplies and put it into Mars orbit before you launch the ship with the crew.

Most of these options were mentioned in the late 1970's by Arthur C Clarke in a book he wrote about the future of spaceflight.

Answer 3

More than likely this will happen as soon as the USA recovers from the Iraq War debt it has incurred. The cost for such a mission will be extremely high and we might
see one or two such missions conducted. Intense planning for such a mission is going on at NASA at this very time. Many things have to be discussed and figured out well in advance of just blasting off and flying there.
Where will the mission attempt to land for example? What will the mission crew do on Mars - what kind of experiments, material collection for return of samples to Earth, how many people will make up the crew, and what exactly will their jobs be? What kind of vehicle will ber necessary for the interplanetary flight, the landing, the launch off of Martian soil, and the return interplanetary flight? Will it be two vehicles? Are there going to be rover like jeeps for the crew to use on Mars that will extend their survey of the planet? What is the best possible design for a man carrying rover like jeep to use on Mars? Will robots do most of the data collection and sample taking? Do we even need men to make the trip? Lots of questions need to be answered...

Answer 4

i think of it truly is possible. the U. S., China, Japan or perhaps India all have their attractions set on the moon. I form of desire this advise a clean spacerace comes alongside. Russia (or particularly Putin) seems to be extra drawn to construction extra militia hardware yet while they comprehend they are going to income extra appreciate by employing going back into area the 2nd maximum efficient spacenation after the U. S. might do something somewhat unpredicted and connect forces with the very cashloaded chinese language and announce a joined chinese language/russian manned project to Mars. in the event that they did they might pass interior 2 many years. i'm stunned that russia haven´t joined the recent spacerace yet. the U. S. beat them to the moon. How can they take a seat back and don't something at the same time as the chinese language are going? How can they permit themselves to be crushed back? somebody ought to tell the chinese language that the russians have each and all the hardware necessary, the Energija rocket, to pass to the moon, mars and previous in simple terms sitting interior the Kasachstan plains waiting for a purchaser...

Answer 5

No, there is no posible way we could put a man on mars in the next 20 years because mars it self is 20+ years away, and because the ship could not hold all the suplys needed for such a journey.

Answer 6

I agree with Sciencenut, read Robert Zubrin's book, "The Case for Mars" for a logical scenario. Unfortunately, it looks as if we've chosen the "Battlestar Galactica" approach that is (probably?) going to cost several hundreds of billions of dollars and steal money from deserving unmanned science missions. I fear this approach is doomed to failure, but I hope I'm wrong. And I agree with Zubrin's recent opinions that we should bypass the moonbase and go right for Mars.

We dont have the balls to do it.

Answer 7

Yes, and it may well happen that soon, but 25-30 years would be more likely. Please read the very excellent book, "The Case for Mars" by Dr. Robert Zubrin, PhD, Available on Amazon and in many local bookstores, for a very intelligent discussion of the subject.

Answer 8

We would be hard pressed to put a man on the moon within the next twenty years with all the dismantling of NASA.

Answer 9

With enough effort and resources, I have no doubt that we could. The only things stopping us are politics and the desire to invent technologies to make the trip cheaper.

Answer 10

If you don't mind having your taxes upped by 10 or 20 per cent, probably.