Boeing is an American multinational corporation that
designs, manufactures, and sells airplanes, rotorcraft and satellites.
Actually, this company is working in a project to send people to Mars by 2030 approximately.
Michael Raftery shows us, how will be the first trip to Mars.
He explains that two of the six pieces needed for Mars travel are in production
now.
Boeing is the prime contractor for the design, development,
test and production of the SLS rocket, which is one of this two pieces
that are in production now.
The other piece is Orion capsule that is currently under
development by NASA.
The next piece that will be needed is a system to get into a
deep space. It will be a great spaceship that will transport Orion and the rest
to Mars. This space transportation system will be driven by huge solar panels
The last two parts needed for the travel are a lander module
and a heat shield that prevents the entry capsule from burning
up in the atmosphere of Mars.
There is no doubt that landing on Mars is essential to ensure the survival of our species. According to Nasa Administrator Charles Bolden "Getting to Mars is important because it is the only planet in the solar system [other than Earth] that we believe might have born life in some form at some time" but it is true that to get this achievement a lot of investment is needed, so we should invest as much as needed to reach the travel to Mars.
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