The time for a human mission to Mars

[rahulv]

These trailblazers will be resupplied from Earth, and eventually joined by additional colonists. It will be the first step in building a permanent human presence on the Red Planet," he added.

The time for a human mission to Mars is now," write Paul Davies and Dirk Schulze-Makuch in their new book, ''A One Way Mission to Mars: Colonizing the Red Planet.''

"The overall message of this volume is not just that going to Mars is a worthwhile scientific program and a great adventure worthy of Homo sapiens. It is that we can begin the project now," write the editors.

"This book provides us with a road map for how we can accomplish one of the major upcoming challenges for humankind," Schulze-Makuch said.

"We are not talking about a suicide mission. Our plan is to put four astronauts on Mars to do great science, and build a base camp for others to follow it.

[midodw]

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[dowson12345]

I don't think that we are ready to go to Mars as we have so many problems on the earth which we have to solve.