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                         My topic for this blog is about when NASA will launch a manned mission to Mars.  Throughout recent years, it has been hard to determine when NASA will launch such a mission, due to lack of funds, and the mission not being on high on the priority list for US presidents.  For example, in the early 2000's, some said that the mission will take place by 2020.  In Space Atlas, Neil Armstrong said, "If we put the plan in motion and don't waver, we can set foot on Mars by 2035, but we need to get started now!"  Along with that he mentions that every president starting from 2012 will need to cooperate and greatly fund this lasting project. 

                         In my opinion, that doesn't seem very reassuring because NASA has been talking about going to Mars with a man onboard for decades, and the touchdown date has only been postponed.  However, due to the fact that we already have a lot information on, how life is affected and how to sustain in space, all that the NASA scientists really need to focus on is the design of a spacecraft that can get to Mars, along with carrying a payload of the things needed to sustain the life of a human being for the duration of the flight there and back home.  Even though I doubt that NASA will send a man to Mars anytime in the coming decades, I am very hopeful about the mission.