A concept drawing by Mars One of a human colony on the Red Planet. We'velanded rovers there. We've drilled holes into its rocks. We've even scooped up its soil and studied it to the most finite particle. But when are we finally going to put our own footprints on Mars? President Obama says we'll get a human to the Red Planetby 2030, but this isn't the first time a mission like this was mulled by the United States. The world has wondered what's next for humans in space ever since Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon in 1969. It only seems natural to look to our celestial neighbor for our next adventure - and now people outside of NASA are vying for that ultimate journey. We will put a human onMars eventually. The real question is who will do it first.
The Mars Society TheMars Society has pushed for a manned mission to the fourth planet since the early 1990s. It continues to be one of the most influential advocacy groups for the idea because it operates oftentimes behind the scenes - of other commercial and government Mars endeavors. It doesn't hurt that it's headed up byRobert Zubrin, an eccentric aerospace engineer who worked with a small team in the 1990s to create a detailed plan for NASA that outlineda way to get humans to Mars in a cost-effective way. When NASA turned down the proposal, Zubrin turned it into a book, calledThe Case For Mars, and the Mars Society was born. Today, it has an almost cult-like following of hundreds of volunteers around the world who spread the word about manned missions to Mars. But what sets the Mars Society apart from any other private endeavor is its research stations. The organization built its
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