As everyone knows, the day before the official U.S. President Trump signed a bill approved by the NASA fiscal year 2017 budget of $19 billion 500 million, and the feasibility study in 2033 give to mars.
It should be said that Trump signed this bill is the United States since 1969, Appollo 11 successfully landed on the moon in the past 48 years, the United States to accelerate its space strategy an important step.
It is reported that the new bill Trump signed confirmation will support the international space station work until at least 2024, and continue to support the development of American commercial freight and manned space flight, which ended the American dependence on Russian manned space flight. Bill is NASA’s long-term goal of “expand the permanent presence” in humans beyond low earth orbit, including the establishment of a potential human habitat and the development of prosperous economy in twenty-first Century space on another celestial body”.
More importantly, the bill requires NASA to develop a roadmap for the implementation of the manned mission to Mars near or on the surface of Mars in 2030s.
At present, the United States House of Representatives and the Senate unanimously adopted the rare bill, which means that human beings are expected to achieve a manned landing on the Martian surface target in 30s of the century. Among them, the bill highlights the importance of Orion deep spacecraft. At present, the spacecraft is still under development, designed to carry humans into space, carrying the number of more than any spacecraft.
To be sure, the U.S. manned Mars mission plan in 2030 after it is called “priority among priorities” for the United States government or NASA, selected as a manned Mars program and even the earliest astronauts will begin this summer training mission. However, before the manned landing on Mars, the heavy launch vehicle is being developed, the space launch system (SLS) and Orion spacecraft is a very important part.
In fact, in October 2015 NASA released a report entitled “NASA Mars: pioneering space exploration next” human Mars plan, the 36 page report to Mars is mainly divided into three stages.
At present, the work of the first stage of NASA have been conducted, including test and experiment, a health and human behavior similar to growing food, water recycling and life support systems and 3D printing and other work on the international space station.
The second stage is called “experimental field”, is expected to start in 2018, including the launch of a new spaceship “Orion”, as well as the strongest power in the history of rocket space launch system”.
The third stage includes living on the surface of Mars and transport spacecraft and the spacecraft, only need regular maintenance, can obtain the fuel, oxygen and manufacturing resources of building materials from Mars, and support human life in a few years.
Although each of the “Mars” program has made progress, but any companies including NASA also acknowledged that Mars is facing many challenges, one of the most important challenges in the long-term task for 1100 days (expected time from Mars), to ensure the safety of personnel. This is mainly because the astronauts to Mars will be in a high radiation environment for a long time, may face the risk of cancer, osteoporosis, immune problems.
Despite the challenges, but NASA believes that these problems can be resolved, the plan to promote the landing of Mars is still firm.
It is said that NASA plans to arrive in the first half of Mars astronauts are female astronauts. Among them, Houston had been in NASA training base training Fiona Nichol Mann (Nicole Aunapu & Mann), Anne Mcclain (Anne McClain), Jessica Maier (Jessica Meir) and Christina – Ha Mo gram – Koch (Christina Hammock Koch) the 4 female astronauts is expected to enter the next trip to Mars and become the first batch of Mars female space exploration.
But no matter what the final outcome, NASA and a number of companies around the world to spend tens of billions of dollars of effort we may need to wait 15 years to see the results.