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Bill Anders, one of the first astronauts to orbit the moon, described plans to send humans to Mars as "ridiculous" and "stupid".
Anders, who was pilot of the Apollo 8 flight around the moon on Christmas Eve in 1968, said in an interview with Radio BBC 5 Life, as the uninhabited and most profitable tasks of the red planet are logical, but there is no logic or general desire to see an astronaut walk to the surface of our nearest neighbor in the world. space.
Apollo 8 astronauts
"Is it inevitable?" Said Anders, who is a declared critic of NASA. What's driving us to go on Mars? I do not think the public is interested and that NASA can not reach the moon today. "
The 85-year-old retired astronaut also criticized the near-Earth space missions that followed the Apollo missions.
Mission of Apollo 8
"I think the Space Shuttle was a big mistake," he said, "he did not do anything but launch it, but he did not deliver." The space station is there because you have a shuttle.
While Apollo 8 commander Frank Burman confirmed that billionaires Jeff Bezos and Eilon Mosk had planned to colonize Mars as "nonsense".
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