President Barack Obama vows to help send people to Mars in the next 15 years

Colonization of Red Planet Mars is being talked about and President Barack Obama has vowed to help send people to Mars within the next 15 years. He has indicated that the U.S. government would link up with private companies 'to build new habitats that can sustain and transport astronauts on long-duration missions in deep space.'
He has set a tentative goal of sending humans to Mars by the 2030s and returning them safely to Earth. The ultimate objective is to remain there for an extended time.
This has been reported in dailymail.co.uk dated 11 October 2016.

President Obama also went on to say that the US is working with its commercial partners to build new habitats that can sustain and transport astronauts on long-duration Mars mission in deep space. Such missions will help learn how humans can live far away from Earth - that is something that will be vital for the long journey to Mars.
Already the California-based SpaceX, headed by Internet entrepreneur Elon Musk, also has plans to send people to Mars in the coming years. But, it has recently faced an unsuccessful launch last month that cost the company a $200-million satellite.
anyway, a journey to Mars would take about nine months, depending on rocket velocity. A high-speed trip could take as little as 130 days. But, the issue of taking enough food and water into space to feed astronauts on a months or years-long mission to deep space is going to be a major logistical problem.


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