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"His organization's new idea is to get to Mars and back in 501 days" Does it involve landing? Is a free return flight similar to Apollo 8 what they have in min
by mongol 14y ago
"His organization's new idea is to get to Mars and back in 501 days"
Does it involve landing? Is a free return flight similar to Apollo 8 what they have in mind?
- 27182818284 14y agoI believe there is no landing, so just a flyby.
- pjungwir 14y agoSkipping the landing seems like a great idea for the first trip. We'd still get to learn lots about keeping humans healthy on such a long flight and get practice doing such a long-range mission while we're still developing the tech for a landing. But what do I know? Anyway, I'm thrilled to see people trying to work out a plan one way or the other.