Sunday, July 7, 2002

Russian Manned Mars Mission By 2015 -- Good Luck

Russian space officials have announced an ambitious project to send people to Mars by 2015.
  • Two ships: one manned, one cargo
  • Three crew to walk on Mars, three to stay in orbit
  • Mars Explorer craft to help crew travel on planet
  • Crew: commander, pilot, flight engineer, doctor, 2 researchers
    • Leaders of the Russian space programme said the plan needed international co-operation and they hoped to win support from both the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) and the European Space Agency (Esa). Scientists have planned the basics of a 440-day mission by six people which would break a huge barrier in space exploration. Preliminary talks have been held with possible international partners for the plan which Russia said would cost around $20bn and for which it could contribute 30%.
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_2101000/2101861.stm
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