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Space experts say sending humans to Mars worth the risk
There’s a long-standing joke that NASA is always 20 years from putting astronauts on Mars. Mission details shared at a recent summit shows that the space agency is right on schedule. A to-do list from 2015 looks remarkably similar to one compiled in 1990. One difference: NASA is now building a rocket and test-driving technologies needed to get a crew to Mars. But the specifics for the longest road trip in history — and what astronauts will do once they arrive — remain an open question.
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And of course, for the experts, it is worth the risk,since they are not the ones going to Mars. They will be nice and snug on Terra firma.
I bet you could find a pool of legitimate astronauts that would be absolutely willing to make the trip, knowing with 100% certainty that they would in-mission.