Wanted: Married Couple for Private Mars Voyage in 2018

MaxShimba · 2013-02-28T02:23:19+00:00

WASHINGTON A new nonprofit led by the world's first space tourist is mounting an ambitious plan to launch the first manned mission to Mars in 2018, a voyage that could include an adventurous married crew. The project, led by American millionaire Dennis Tito who paid his own way to space in 2001 aims not to land people on the surface of the Red Planet, but to take advantage of a rare planetary alignment that would allow a relatively easy, quick flyby of Mars. Tito announced the private Mars voyage plan today (Feb. 27) here at the National Press Club, where he held a press conference to launch his new organization, the Inspiration Mars Foundation, to back the mission. Tito hopes to choose a space capsule and rocket from among those already on the market, and modify them to carry two people to Mars and back in 501 days. Read more: Private Mars Mission in 2018 Seeks Married Couple | Dennis Tito & Inspiration Mars Foundation | Space.com

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Start date Feb 28, 2013

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