Space experts worry US won't make it to Mars by 2030s

Space experts worry US won't make it to Mars by 2030s

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https://phys.org/news/2018-07-space-experts-wont-mars-2030s.html

At a hearing in Washington, Senator Bill Nelson said the White House decision to return to the Moon—a program former president Barack Obama halted in order to focus on reaching Mars—could drag down the whole process.

"We don't want to rob the NASA budget of what is the goal, and the goal is to get to Mars with humans," said Nelson, a Democrat from Florida, which is home to Cape Canaveral and Kennedy Space Center.