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− | The '''Hundred Year Starship''' initiative has been announced in October 2010 by [[S. Pete Worden]], the director of the [[NASA Ames Research Center]]. It is about sending settlers on a [[one-way mission|manned one-way mission]] to planet [[Mars]] to establish a long term [[Earth-supported colony]].
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− | No documents about this initiative have been published by NASA as yet. There is only Pete Worden's announcement at the ''Long Conversation'' event in San Francisco, which was reported by a number of news organizations thereafter.<ref>[http://www.aolnews.com/surge-desk/article/nasa-planning-one-way-manned-mission-to-mars/19692279 www.aolnews.com: NASA Planning One-Way Manned Mission to Mars]</ref>
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− | <ref>[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1324192/Hundred-Year-Starship-Mars-mission-leave-astronauts-planet-forever.html www.dailymail.co.uk: The Hundred Year Starship: The Nasa mission that will take astronauts to Mars and leave them there forever]</ref>
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− | <ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/science/Nasa-mulling-one-way-manned-Mars-mission-/articleshow/6832690.cms timesofindia.indiatimes.com: Nasa mulling one-way manned Mars mission]</ref><ref>[http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501465_162-20020658-501465.html www.cbsnews.com: Suddenly, Lots of Talk About One-Way Missions to Space]</ref>
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− | The only reference on NASA's homepage is a link to an article on www.popsci.com. <ref>[http://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/home/in_the_news.html The only reference on NASA's homepage]</ref> <ref>[http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2010-10/%E2%80%98hundred-year-starship%E2%80%99-could-bring-humans-other-worlds-and-leave-them-there-forever www.popsci.com: NASA and DARPA Plan ‘Hundred-Year Starship’ To Bring Humans to Other Worlds And Leave Them There Forever]</ref>
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− | It is said to be funded with $1 million by [[DARPA]] and another $100,000 by NASA, a sum that will be used to start detailed investigation and conceptual work. Worden believes the estimated cost of sending people one-way to Mars is about $10 billion.
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Revision as of 18:43, 5 July 2011
Thats relaly shrewd! Good to see the logic set out so well.