Expedition to Mars

• Putting men on Mars has been an idea in science fiction for quiet a while. Hawever,when man first walked on the moon, walking on mars suddenly seemed feasible. A manned mission to Mars would be a huge milestone in space exploration. It would allow a more in depth study of the Red planet, and many have argued that building a permanent base on Mars is much more practical than building one on the moon. A mission to Mars would be similar to the moon landings , but much more difficult. The trip is about a hundred times longer, and there are new problems such as the Martian weather which must be considered NASA currently has plans to have a man on Mars sometime in the 2030s, while the ESA plans to do so also around the same time. Russia has plans to launch a manned Mars mission by 2020.