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Can anyone give me a good reason for what is taking so to get people to Mars? NASA could do it, but won't. Russia is too broke I guess. China just put their first person in space so this is a little out of their reach. But come on, NASA has been getting around 15 billion or more for decades now.
Organizations like the Mars Society and Planetary Society talk a good talk but we aren't getting any closer to actually getting there. Instead of 'playing Mars' in the artic, why doesn't the Mars Society actually take real steps to keeping people alive on Mars?
If the smaller private organizations would actually build equipment that could be used on Mars then all we would need is the rocket to get them there, which Russia or China would gladly provide to be the first on Mars.