NASA announced the beginning of the colonization of Mars

Director of the U.S. National aerospace Agency (NASA) Charles Bolden announced the start of full-scale colonization of Mars.

The landing of the first astronauts on the Red planet is scheduled for 2030. Convinces Bolden, it will be the first step to explore a new place for living inhabitant of our planet.

According to the head of NASA Charles Bolden to continue life, sooner or later the population will have to fly away from the Earth, is most suitable for the displacement of the planet Mars remains. Intention space Agency closely linked to the exploration and colonization of the red planet. According to the NASA program, 1st people to arrive on Mars in 2030.

Bolden recalled the mission related to the output of an asteroid into lunar orbit, which will allow astronauts to develop new space technology. Besides all this, the future station will be a springboard for ships on the way to a flight to Mars. Bolden added that the commercial company SpaceX and Mars One, which I expect to engage in private transport people on the planet to the Red planet will not be able to become a NASA competitors: their activity is impossible without the permission of the Department.

Earlier, the head of design and research centre, FSUE Khrunichev Khrunichev Sergey Antonenko proposed to colonize asteroids. In his opinion, only around the Earth are about 10 thousand in the main asteroid belt is about 2 million, and to reach some asteroids easier than the moon.

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