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Mars Foundation Solicits Congressional Help

posted by LaminatorX on Tuesday March 04 2014, @08:30AM   Printer-friendly
from the Boldly-going dept.

hubie writes:

"U.S. House of Representatives's Science, Space and Technology Committee had a meeting to discuss whether NASA should help out the Mars Foundation. The Mars Foundation scrapped their earlier plans to send two humans to Mars, and revised it to do a two-person fly-by. However, they want NASA help. They want a design modification to the Orion spacecraft and they want use of the Space Launch System. If this goes anywhere, it will be interesting how it is proposed that funding get allocated."

 
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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 04 2014, @05:52PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 04 2014, @05:52PM (#10814)

    Solar panels too. A lot of the tech developed for space exploration is used today for things other than space. If you factor all that in, the ROI is probably great. You just need to wait a while.