When we thought Mars was nearby
1.dWhen it opened, the article talked about how Martian samples were recovered and then returned six years later.
“Having just launched the Mars Global Surveyor and Mars Pathfinder at the end of 1996 Mars climate orbit And the Mars Polar Lander in December 1998 and January 1999, respectively, and then in the years 2001, 2003 and 2005, other missions will be launched to extract some secrets from this neighboring world. ” This remarkable pace has responded to great ambitions: understanding the local climate, first, then bringing samples back from the planet in 2005.
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2. This is followed by a full description of the entire Mars exploration program.
But your magazine dreamed beyond that! “maybe This exploration will lead more quickly than expected – as of 2013 – to sending the first human crew to the Red Planet. Our ancestor dared.
“Using a rover, a crew of six astronauts will explore Mars for six months, return to Earth in a small cabin, and lift off after manufacturing the fuel on site, like a lunar LEM.” Expected date for this assignment? “Before 2018” !
Six years after this deadline, we are still far from achieving this goal – and one would think we are there. Science and life Sci-fi. The conquest of space followed a completely different path: first, the famous Mars Climate Orbiter and Mars Polar Lander both crashed on the Red Planet. NASA then suffered a series of technical failures and budget cuts at the beginning of the millennium. From now on, Martian soil is expected to be sampled by 2030. Forever, this time?
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