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NASA has sent many spacecraft to distant worlds, but humans have not yet set foot on Mars, and here’s why.
Source: The sun
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Space exploration has come a long way since Galileo first developed a telescope to observe the sky in 1609.
Through the Apollo 11 program, we have sent man to the moon, created satellites to orbit the Earth, placed rovers on Mars, and documented supernova explosions.
So, the question arises: why has man not yet set foot on Mars?
It is clear that scientists and engineers have developed the technology to do just that: according to a Business Insider report, NASA may have made this achievement 30 years ago.
According to Peter Diamond, CEO of Zero Gravity Operations, the delay appears to be due to politics.
Since NASA is a government-funded organization, many of its efforts are determined and outlined by the executive branch.
Since its founding in 1958, the company has worked with 12 presidential administrations, many of which collided with each other when it came to space exploration targets.
“So what happened throughout space history after the completion of the Apollo program was start, stop, start, stop, cancel. The president is coming as Bush goes to the moon and goes to Mars, and the next president comes in and cancels it, “Diamondis told Business Insider.
“The company cannot maintain a stable fund to do anything,” he said.
For example, President Bush announced NASA’s galaxy project in 2004, which had two goals: to send a man to the moon in 2020 and to land humans on Mars in the 2030s.
However, when the Obama administration arrived, the company had to move away from the galaxy project, instead of focusing on Obama’s mission to Mars, which aims to send humans to the red planet in the early 2030s.
According to Vice President Mike Pence, when announcing his goal of “sending American astronauts to the moon and laying the groundwork for a journey to Mars from there,” President Trump’s executive again diverted the agency’s attention.
All of these changes may have prevented the agency from focusing solely on the journey to Mars, which requires many more concerns.
The first obstacle is the distance between Mars and Earth, which is constantly changing as the two planets orbit the Sun at different rates, said Michelle Rucker, NASA’s Johnson astronomer, head of NASA’s human Mars architectural team at the Space Center.
So, the optimal time to get to and from the Red Planet does not happen as often as scientists would like: Now, to speak of “trains to Mars,” depart once every 26 months, according to Jeffrey Sheehi. , Chief Engineer, Directorate of NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate.
Other important concerns include understanding how the human body and mind can be affected by factors such as spending time in a small, limited space, as well as exploring how it adapts to life on another planet.
Until NASA notices all these important concerns, Mars will be suspended for astronauts.
“NASA scientists and engineers have done amazing and extraordinary things. But they hate risk. It does not allow us to do new and innovative things that are on the edge,” Diamondis said.
“It is difficult and dangerous to do something big and brave in space. So these days, those who take risks and are willing to risk everything are entrepreneurs,” he added.
Diamandis Make no mistake: Since private companies like SpaceX and Boeing fund their own missions for Red Planet, the first person to set foot on Mars is unlikely to be a billionaire or a very fortunate citizen.
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