Open AccessMars Summit Explores Options for Human Missions to the Red Planet
Author(s) -
Showstack Randy
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1002/2013eo210003
Subject(s) - summit , mars exploration program , marketing buzz , planet , astrobiology , settlement (finance) , political science , earth summit , sustainable development , geography , business , law , physical geography , astronomy , physics , finance , advertising , payment
The United States “needs to begin the homesteading and settlement of Mars,” Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin told participants at the Humans to Mars Summit on 8 May in Washington, D. C. “It is within reach technically and budgetarily. Even in a period of fiscal challenges, the United States needs to consider this program with long‐term planning.”