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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 22:16, 5 July 2011

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 manned one-way mission to planet Mars to establish a long term Earth-supported colony.

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.[1] [2] [3][4]

The only reference on NASA's homepage is a link to an article on www.popsci.com. [5] [6]

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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