From article, "Countdown to Mars: Nasa's Orion capsule that will take man to the red planet passes first parachute tests Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2671340/Countdown-Mars-Nasas-Orion-capsule-man-red-planet-passes-parachute-tests.html#ixzz4SwJzDJgG Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook"
(NASA'S THREE PATHS TO MARS ACCORDING TO THE NRC
*Note: all three options assume ISS missions have been concluded
Option 1 - A 'giant leap' from moon to Mars
- Return to the moon
- Build a lunar base
- Send humans to the surface of Mars
Option 2 - Least technological risk
- Send humans into lunar orbit
- Visit an asteroid in its own orbit
- Return to the moon's surface
- Explore Martian moons Deimos and Phobos
- Enter orbit around Mars
- Land on the red planet
Option 3 - Nasa's current favoured path
- Robotically capture an asteroid
- Place it in lunar orbit for astronauts to visit
- Travel to the moons of Mars
- Place humans in Martian orbit
- Set foot on Mars)
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