First it looks like Obama was wiping out a large chunk of the manned NASA programs and according to a report on Fox News paying Russia $52 million per astronaut to ride on Soyuz space capsules up to the International Space Station. Now by 2025, when former President Bush said we would have landed on Mars, we are going after an asteriod to try to deflect one that might hit earth. That isn't going to be easy and Congress could effectivly delay a manned shot into deep space by not giving the project money. We also do not have a manned space capsule yet that would contain astronaunts for so long of a time in space and one does have to consider the isolation factor. I have heard it would be about a 7 to 8 year mission to Mars because it would take 6 years just to travel from Earth to Mars than back again and then have some time to explore the planet in depth. It would be hard to land on an asteriod as well. However, that does seem exciting to consider the possibilty of exploring and understanding more about space.
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