America announced the design of missiles to send people to Mars

Yesterday the US Aerospace Agency (NASA) announced the design of the most powerful missile to serve the mission of bringing people to Mars in the future.

AFP reported that Charles Bolden, NASA director, said the new missile would be called Space Launch System (SLS).

'The next chapter in America's space exploration story is being written today. President Barack Obama once asked us to take bold actions and big dreams. That's what we're doing at NASA , "Mr. Bolden said.

SLS, which will be produced in 2017 and worth up to $ 35 billion, is designed to fill the gap left by the US space shuttle in the space exploration program. US shuttles 'retired' since July this year, a decision that has depended America entirely on Russia for traveling to the International Space Station (ISS).

SLS missiles will be able to send astronauts to Mars. (Photo: Discovery)

NASA claims that SLS will have a greater load than the rocket that used to push the shuttle. It is capable of bringing people, spacecraft and cargo up to Mars.

John Logsdon, former director of the Space Policy Institute at George Washington University in the US, said SLS inherited many characteristics from the space shuttle.

For example, the first floor of SLS will use the shuttle's cold engine. In that cold engine, which contains a mixture of hydrogen and oxygen, the temperature is maintained at a very low level.

The capsule shape above SLS is capable of storing 70 to 100 tons of cargo. Then its load will be raised to 130 tons.

'This will be America's most powerful missile since the Saturn V rocket sent Apollo and astronauts to space. It will take people to places no one has ever visited , 'NASA said.

The first test will take place in 2017. The first flight will take place in 2021.