Conquest of Mars: a dream slowed by
economic crisis”U n small step for man, one giant leap for mankind .” 44 years have passed since the moment when the head of the Apollo XI mission is announced “ I got off the scale “, about to set foot on the lunar surface. At this time, 4% of the federal budget was spent on the lunar agency, against 0.5% today. Indeed, the economic crisis is everywhere, which is why NASA announced only be able to send men to Mars, that here at least 20 years. This represents an annual budget of $ 17 billion, while this project alone would require hundreds of billions.
A recent poll shows that 75% of Americans are in favor of increasing the budget for the implementation of the project in March. For three days starting Monday, May 6, a conference will begin to reflect on this great epic. Among them will be, experts and specialists as astronaut Buzz Aldrin, Charles Bolden and the director of NASA.
Medical side, it will take into account the limits of the human body
The exploration of Mars involves travel and long-term exposure to cosmic radiation for months or more. Away from economic difficulties or technological orders remains a major problem: the impact of such a trip on the human body
Stephen Davison, head of the biology program space with NASA in Houston. states that “ radiation in space with the increased risk of cancer, are a danger to the crew, we need to better understand, (…), and it will study the biological and psychological effects of space travel for at least ten years . ” Not to mention caused by intracranial pressures in microgravity visual defects.
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