Humans to Mars or humans exploring Mars?

Published on August 4, 2025
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover used its dual-camera Mastcam-Z imager to capture this image inside of Jezero Crater on April 29, 2021. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / ASU / MSSS

We should rethink how to send humans to Mars — a goal now getting much discussion. With proposed budgets and current technical difficulties in human spaceflight development making such a goal unrealistic, it may be time to change the focus from humans getting to Mars to sustainable exploration of Mars by humans. To that end, […]

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