>> The first is to train astronauts to live in a confined isolated space for 260 days Bubbleheads can do that, current and ex. >> We need to go to Mars at lea

>> The first is to train astronauts to live in a confined isolated space for 260 days Bubbleheads can do that, current and ex. >> We need to go to Mars at least three times and bring back the men and women successfully. I don't know that the delicacy of the orbital entry described is going to be sufficient for long term operations. It sounds like an artistic dance combined with luck. I think the old wing it into space at high velocity then put on the brakes method is more deterministic. Whole transportation systems on Earth function this way.