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The book "The Case for Mars" makes a similar argument (that getting to Mars using mostly Apollo-era technology has always been possible, we just lack the politi
by jeffreymcmanus 15y ago
The book "The Case for Mars" makes a similar argument (that getting to Mars using mostly Apollo-era technology has always been possible, we just lack the political will).
More importantly it makes a compelling argument that we must do this, because civilization requires a frontier.
- RyanMcGreal 15y ago> getting to Mars using mostly Apollo-era technology has always been possible It's not (yet) possible to shield astronauts from enough space radiation to keep them alive during the 9-month trip to Mars.
- jcarreiro 15y ago> It's not (yet) possible to shield astronauts from enough space radiation to keep them alive during the 9-month trip to Mars. I'm sorry, but this is not true. See for example http://www.spacedaily.com/news/mars-general-03w.html http://www.spacedaily.com/news/mars-general-03w.html.
- jeffreymcmanus 15y agoIncorrect. Shielding humans from radiation has been a solved problem for decades. The fact that Skylab didn't need to do it does not mean that traveling to Mars is impossible.