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#1 2002-02-05 17:38:41
- nebula
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Re: Mars by 2020 - Mars by 2020 is becoming a reality
Since the new 2003 NASA buget was unveiled, it looks like we will have a human mission to Mars in 2020. It is a great buget. More money going to Mars research and nuclear propulsion although it cancled the Pluto and Europa missions.
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#2 2002-02-06 01:58:22
- Shaun Barrett
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Re: Mars by 2020 - Mars by 2020 is becoming a reality
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Really?!! I haven't seen any details of this new budget.
It sounds too good to be true! ... It is true, though, is it? Can you tell us more?
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#3 2002-02-07 09:55:02
- Josh Cryer
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Re: Mars by 2020 - Mars by 2020 is becoming a reality
I looked in a couple of places, but I couldn't find anything about this...
Here's a page of NASAs budget:
http://www.nasa.gov/budget/budget_index.html
Here's all I could find about NASAs current budget:
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7....d27.pdf
No mention of Mars in 2020.
Some useful links while MER are active. [url=http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.html]Offical site[/url] [url=http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/MM_NTV_Web.html]NASA TV[/url] [url=http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/mer2004/]JPL MER2004[/url] [url=http://www.spaceflightnow.com/mars/mera/statustextonly.html]Text feed[/url]
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#4 2002-02-07 21:02:46
- Bill White
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Re: Mars by 2020 - Mars by 2020 is becoming a reality
Here is an article from space.com on the nuclear engine:
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#5 2002-02-10 15:42:50
- nebula
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Re: Mars by 2020 - Mars by 2020 is becoming a reality
I know it doesn't mention Mars by 2020, but with buget's like that we should beable to make that deadline.
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#6 2002-04-05 11:27:12
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Re: Mars by 2020 - Mars by 2020 is becoming a reality
Here's another update on future NASA plans:
It's a bit disappointing on the Mars front unfortunately but I'm not sure how things will pan out. Maybe if the rovers find anything interesting next year things may change. ???
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#7 2002-04-21 21:03:46
- Mark S
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Re: Mars by 2020 - Mars by 2020 is becoming a reality
I' not optimistic about going to Mars by 2020. Although the extra $1 billion and the money for space nuclear power is great, Mars Sample Return has been delayed indefinitely. Until we accomplish MSR, we cannot begin to plan for a manned mission to Mars.
Hopefully more logical heads will prevail. MSR by 2011!
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#8 2002-04-21 21:04:25
- Mark S
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Re: Mars by 2020 - Mars by 2020 is becoming a reality
I' not optimistic about going to Mars by 2020. Although the extra $1 billion and the money for space nuclear power is great, Mars Sample Return has been delayed indefinitely. Until we accomplish MSR, we cannot begin to plan for a manned mission to Mars.
Hopefully more logical heads will prevail. MSR by 2011!
"I'm not much of a 'hands-on' evil scientist."--Dr. Evil, "Goldmember"
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#9 2003-10-01 04:46:12
- alokmohan
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Re: Mars by 2020 - Mars by 2020 is becoming a reality
NASAhas not spelt out.No pint makig presumtions.
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