Originally published October 23 2005
NASA announces plans to send manned mission to Mars
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
Planning to spend $100 billion on a 4-man mission, NASA director Micheal Griffin announced details of a plan to send a manned mission to Mars that is yet to have a timeline.
- The US space agency Nasa is again setting its sights on landing humans on the moon.
- Nasa plans to spend $100bn to develop a new space shuttle and rocket engines over the next 12 years to send a four-man crew for a one-week stay on the moon in '18, according to the website space.com.
- Nasa director Michael Griffin is to announce details of the plans Monday in Washington.
- The space organisation is following up on President George W Bush's promise last year to return to the moon by '20.
- After the manned spaceship lands on the moon, Mars will be Nasa's next stop.
- The last human to set foot on the moon was Harrison Schmitt, the US pilot of Apollo 17, on December 12, 1972.
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