NASA: Mars is still out of human reach

Dennis Tito wanted to bring two astronauts to Mars early on Christmas 2017, but NASA seemed cold with this proposal by Dennis Tito. Dennis Tito is an American billionaire who himself spent $ 20 million in 2001 to take a trip to the International Space Station (ISS).

>>>NASA takes people to space in 2017

According to TheVerge, to bring two astronauts to Mars, Tito's Inspiration Mars organization now needs NASA to agree to fund the $ 700 million. However, in an email sent to Inspiration Mars organization, NASA weaver David Weaver said: "NASA is ready to share its engineering and programming experiences for Inspiration Mars, but cannot commit to sharing. in terms of cost ".

In addition to financial support, the billionaire also needs to use NASA's Space Push System (SLS) for the task. Weaver also said that Tito's goal to bring people to Mars in this time frame is not realistic, because of challenges such as life support systems, radiation reactions in space, living and mental environments. human beings living in small spacecraft for over 500 days.

Tito's Inspiration Mars organization wants to follow the plan to bring people to Mars between 2017 and January 5, 2018, to take advantage of the planet's position to help the distance between the Earth and the shortest Mars. This next opportunity is expected to happen in 2021.

Meanwhile, NASA's plan is to bring people to Mars around the 2030s. Although Weaver said NASA still: "open to welcome stronger cooperation for projects and plans" , but Don't expect too much Mars Inspiration can bring people to the red planet in this decade.