Millionaire reportedly plans first private mission to Mars in 2018
By Jessica Allen - Thursday, February 21, 2013 - 0 Comments
Dennis Tito already enjoys the title of being the first private passenger to travel…
Dennis Tito already enjoys the title of being the first private passenger to travel to the International Space Station back in 2001. And according to a SpaceRef media advisory released Wednesday, the millionaire investor will be the first civilian to travel through space to the Red Planet.
Tito, a former rocket engineer, has launched The Inspiration Mars Foundation–a nonprofit organization that will “take advantage of a unique window of opportunity to launch an historic journey to Mars and back in 501 days, starting in January 2018.”
The “Mission for America” mantra? “It is intended to encourage all Americans to believe again, in doing the hard things that make our nation great, while inspiring youth through Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education and motivation.”
A 45-minute press conference will be held this afternoon in Washington D.C. that will detail the mission.
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Simulated Mars mission ends after 520 days
By macleans.ca - Friday, November 4, 2011 at 11:13 AM - 0 Comments
Six men spent a year-and-a-half in isolation
The space crew of the Mars500 project, undertaken at a Moscow institute, emerged on Friday from the steel tubes in which it spent the last 18 months. The earth-based mission served to study how the human mind and body would deal with a spaceflight as long as that required to reach the red planet.
