19.04.2015 – 04:10
News April 19. Charles Bolden, a retired Major General, US Marine Corps, a former astronaut, head of NASA in 2009, speaking to members of Congress, spoke about the future of Mars exploration in the near future.
The head of NASA’s confident that in 2030 humans will be able to fly on the fourth planet from the Sun to the seventh and the size of the planet of the solar system, and proceed to “mass colonization».
« In any case, humanity will have to leave Earth, and most suitable planet for life in space currently remains Mars, “Belgian Foreign Charles Bolden.
In addition, he stressed that« NASA intends to bring to the Moon’s orbit an asteroid, which will be the basis for development of space tests. It was from there in the future we plan to launch spacecraft managed to Mars ».
In conclusion, the head of NASA warned commercial companies SpaceX and Mars One, in which the intentions of the organization openly considered private transportation inhabitants of the Earth to the planet Mars, the impossibility of their activities without obtaining permission from his department. Thus, NASA is not and can not be competitors.
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