Do you believe that if NASA had political support and an adequate budget, it would have been technically feasible to send humans to Mars immediately after the Apollo era? Wernher Von Braun believed so, and immediately after the Apollo 11 mission, he stated that if they had asked him, he could have taken humans to Mars by 1980. Fifty years after Apollo, many of the scientific and engineering challenges related to sending a crew to Mars and their return to Earth are still unresolved. But this has not stopped, and still does not stop NASA administrators from declaring year after year that we are about to go to Mars, and that the realization of the great dream is very close. Remember? In 1990, they talked about achieving this by 2010... in 2000, they swore by 2015, in 2010, it was considered a done deal by 2018, and in 2021, with a return to the Moon in between, it was a triumph of certainties for 2030... And now we have already said that most likely we will not go to Mars before 2040... All these predictions are evidently based only on the need to keep the public's attention and, above all, the flow of government funding high. Make no mistake; this strategy is absolutely understandable given the times we live in. The point is that this continuous crying 'wolf, wolf' is now risking getting the opposite effect. The common people, space enthusiasts, all taxpayers, in short, everyone who pays taxes, votes, and guides political decisions, are starting to get tired of predictions that never come true... and above all, they are starting to understand that we are still very far, not only from solving the most pressing technical problems but also from addressing them! How far? Well, I have an idea about this, and I will reveal it at the end of this fantastic video! Follow me! -- DISCUSSIONS & SOCIAL MEDIA Commercial Purposes: Lorenzovareseaziendale@ Tik Tok: @insanecuriosity Reddit: Instagram: Twitter: Facebook: Linkedin: Our Website: -- Credits: Ron Miller, Mark A. Garlick / ,Elon Musk/SpaceX/ Flickr -- 00:00 Intro 2:04 How far is Mars / facts about Mars mission 3:15 how much is Mars cost ? 6:40 Deadline for Mars Mission -- #insanecuriosity #goingtomars #reachingmars
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