Here's why space experts worry the United States may not do it in March by 2030s

The United States promised to send the first humans to Mars in the 2030s Experts and legislators have expressed concern that planning and lack of funds will delay these plans.

President Donald Trump promised to send Americans to the moon for the first time since the Apollo missions of the 1960s and 1970s. Build a lunar gateway to test the technology and spacecraft that will transport humans to March.

At a hearing in Washington, Senator Bill Nelson declared the White House's decision to return to the moon – a program "We do not want to deprive NASA's budget of what is there." 39 goal, and the goal is to reach Mars with humans, "said Nelson, a Florida Democrat, who is home to Cape Canaveral and the Kennedy Space Center.

"Do these missions help us reach our goal of bringing humans to Mars?"

In 2009, a group of independent experts named the Augustine Commission warned that NASA's resources were not meeting its ambitious goals

with an annual budget of about $ 18 billion , NASA would need an additional $ 3 billion a year. March 1965, NASA officials said that they were trying to develop an in-depth space program with much less, using only budget increases based on inflation.

Academies of Science calculated that if NASA's budget continued on its current path, "forget the scenario of arriving in March in the 2030s. It would take us until 2050," added Nelson.

"I do not think we want to wait a long time."

Global Partners Concerned

In 2017, NASA's congressional authorization bill demanded that NASA define and provide Congress with a step-by-step plan to reach Mars

. We do not have that roadmap yet, seven months ago, "Nelson said. 59004] "What gives? Let's see the program to go to Mars and see where all this is."

Testifying at the hearing, Chris Carberry, Executive Director of Explore March, said international and private partnerships could help the United States make more affordable

"Our international partners want us to lead," he told lawmakers

"But they fear that we We're not going to change direction, they're not sure we're going to follow the direction. "

Even more, aerospace experts have identified a dozen technologies that" we need to start working pretty much immediately if we have the hope of landing on Mars in the 2030s, added Carberry

This includes the development of spacecraft capable of surviving at the entrance difficult on Mars and landing quite gently, as well as the ability It will take a long time to achieve this, said Carberry. In praise of bipartisan support for NASA, he sees among legislators, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, a Republican who heads the Senate Subcommittee on Space, said he hopes that NASA's next congressional bill "This next authorization from NASA, the hope is that it will go further and be more daring in its aspirations," he said.

Cruz asked retired NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, who spent an American record of 665 days in space, for his views on what is needed for the # 39; future.

"The most important thing is the constancy of purpose," she replied. Have a vision that lasts more than one administration We must have a budget line that will support the goals and objectives we are trying to achieve. "

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