Inspiration Mars Crewed Flyby Mission to Launch in Five Year

[williatw]

http://www.inspirationmars.org/

http://www.foxnews.com/science/2013/02/ ... an-5-2018/


Sounds like one for you and the "1st mate" MSIMON.

[Skipjack]

Yeah, I think it is a dumb idea. A flyby wont attract as much attention as a landing for once. So the public interest will be smaller. After watching the crew sitting round in the tin can for a few days, Joe sixpack will fall asleep. There is not really much you can do on such a small vessel. There wont be a landing so there really wont be anything interesting or new to see the entire trip. Unless you are a space fanatic, like me and some people here, I doubt the audience will be great.
Plus, wait a few years for better engines and better technology and you can do the trip in a fraction of the time.

[GIThruster]

I have to agree and if he were to collaborate with Musk, he could do the landing.

[williatw]

http://www.inspirationmars.org/

http://www.foxnews.com/science/2013/02/ ... an-5-2018/


Sounds like one for you and the "1st mate" MSIMON.

Sounds like the window for you and the 1st Mate is closed MSimon....


Meet the Couple Who Could Be the First Humans to Travel to Mars


Artist’s rendering of a manned flyby of Mars in 2021. Inspiration Mars

Jane Poynter and Taber MacCallum are planning a trip to Mars. They’ve been hashing out the details for 20 years now, and alternate between being extremely excited and utterly terrified by the prospect, refusing to discuss it after 5 p.m. to avoid nightmares.

The couple’s far-out dreams of space travel differ from those of many others because theirs could, potentially, come true. They founded a private space company called Paragon Space Development Corporation to find the most feasible way to send two people on a round-trip flyby of the Red Planet. Even the best possible plan will be extremely challenging. The list of things they still need to figure out is long and includes how to protect themselves against deadly radiation, how much food, water, and air to bring, and how to store their waste. Meanwhile, they must wait for Congress to agree to fund the project and allow the use of the NASA Space Launch System and Orion crew vehicle for transport.

And they need to figure this all out soon: They have only a brief window of time at the end of 2021 when Mars and Earth will align in such a way to make this trip possible.

The mission—called Inspiration Mars and spearheaded by millionaire space tourist Dennis Tito—is the most ambitious of Paragon’s many projects. The company is also one of the country’s leading designers of life support systems and body suits for extreme environments, and they are currently developing a vehicle for commercial balloon trips to the stratosphere and technology for private moon landings. But they have the most grandiose hopes for Mars: They say sending the first humans into the orbit of another planet could ignite a 21st century “Apollo moment” that will propel American students back into the sciences and inspire young innovators.

Jane Poynter and Taylor MacCallum. Paragon Space Development Corporation

Dennis Tito, Inspiration Mars’ organizer, originally hoped to finance the project entirely independently. He looked to crowd-sourced funds and philanthropy, and had aimed to get the project off the ground in 2017, when Earth and Mars would align in such a way that a rocket could slingshot to and from Mars in just 501 days. But with further analysis, Tito and Paragon realized they did not have the resources or money to pull off the mission by 2017. They identified another planetary alignment in 2021 that would allow for a slightly-longer 580-day trip, but they still doubt they can achieve this without a bit of government support.

During recent hearings with NASA, Tito explained that he would need about $1 billion from the government over the next four or five years to develop the space launch system and other aspects of the mission. NASA was not readily willing to agree to this and they put the issue on hold, MacCallum said.

http://www.wired.com/2014/07/paragon-profile/

[djolds1]

I have to agree and if he were to collaborate with Musk, he could do the landing.

Maybe.

I think Elon Musk wants to be the first human being to walk on Mars.

[ladajo]

The list of things they still need to figure out is long and includes how to protect themselves against deadly radiation, how much food, water, and air to bring, and how to store their waste.

Minor details.

[GIThruster]

Hey lets face it, any guy who can wear that tie lacks all common sense. I mean. . .WHAT was he thinking?

[Betruger]

c.f. de Grasse Tyson

[MSimon]

http://www.inspirationmars.org/

http://www.foxnews.com/science/2013/02/ ... an-5-2018/

Sounds like one for you and the "1st mate" MSIMON.

She has insufficient technical ability and emotional stability.

[hanelyp]

She has insufficient technical ability and emotional stability.

I take it she doesn't read the forum?