Announced a plan in conjunction with the private sector to send a manned mission in the decade of 2030
WASHINGTON.- The private company will be associated with the public sector of the united States to carry astronauts to Mars by 2030, as announced yesterday by president Barack Obama, in a partnership that would make reality in the next 14 years the dreams of generations of scientists, science fiction writers and film-makers that made the red planet the object of his obsessions standing.
“we Established a clear goal is vital to the next chapter of the history of the united States in the space: to send humans to Mars by 2030 and return them safely to Earth, with the ambition of a fundamental some day to stay for a long period,” said Obama in an article for the web site of CNN.
The project is “to build new habitats that can sustain and carry astronauts on missions of long duration in the interplanetary space”, added the president, who already in 2010 he had made his first allusion to the sending of a manned mission to Mars for 2013.
The announcement yesterday came as a prelude to a meeting that will take place this same week in the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, organized by the White House, which will convene scientists, engineers, entrepreneurs and students to move forward in efforts to develop the commercial space market.
Obama said that it maintained the same feeling of “awe” in the face of space exploration that I had when I was a boy and that this new venture represents an “essential part” of the character american: “The innovation and ingenuity, pushing the limits of what is possible and to do so before anyone else.”
they Spent several decades since the united States sent astronauts to the Moon, in the framework of the space race in which it competed head-to-head with the Soviet Union. But efforts to fund the space program were languishing over the years due to concerns over the excessive public spending and other fiscal priorities.
while there are private companies working on space missions, including those linked with the International Space Station (ISS) in orbit around the Earth, human beings have never set foot on the soil of Mars, which, despite its relative proximity, is 56 million kilometers away. A manned mission to put towards that goal, it would take about nine months to reach, depending on the speed of the ship. According to estimates NASA, a trip of high-speed it would take 130 days.
More than 1000 companies from nearly all states of the country, work in the present space initiatives private, said Obama, noting that the purpose of the meeting is multidisciplinary in Pittsburgh is “find the next frontiers”. The “great leap” to the red planet will occur as a result of the small steps of the students of the “generation Mars” that come to class every day, he added, given the scientific discoveries, “they need years of testing, patience, and a national commitment to education.”
NASA ended in 2011 with the flights of its space shuttles, and from then it depends on Russia to carry its astronauts to the ISS. This situation will change next year, when it is expected that at least two private companies, Boeing and SpaceX, to conduct missions to transport astronauts without relying on third countries.
In tune with Obama’s announcement, the director of NASA, Charles Bolden, reminded yesterday that, last August, were selected six companies to create prototypes of modules of habitats for deep space. And he added that before the end of the year will begin the process to give the private sector the opportunity to incorporate their own modules and other capabilities to the ISS.
Obama said it also in his announcement: “Getting to Mars will require continued cooperation between the government and innovative private, and we’re already on the right path. Within the next two years, private companies will send first astronauts to the ISS”.
One of the problems to solve will be to have enough food and water in space to feed astronauts on missions of months or years, a fundamental theme for which you have done so far very little research.
Agencies EFE, AFP, ANSA and Reuters
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