Griffin estimates late 2020s for manned Mars mission
NASA Administrator Michael Griffin predicts that the U.S. may be able to mount a manned mission to Mars by the late 2020s, following its scheduled return to the moon around 2018. "We will then be in possession of a heavy-lift launch vehicle, which is of course the key element for any approach to...
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