Manned Mars Fly-By Planned

    Humans To Mars

    Millionaire tycoon Dennis Tito – the first private space tourist – has a new dream: spearheading a private manned mission to Mars.

    FOX News Radio’s Lisa Brady has details:

    The goal less than five years from now is to send a married couple – not yet chosen – in a craft – not yet built – on a slingshotted fly-by of Mars; a 501-day mission.

    (MacCallum) “All of the work to date shows this mission is possible. �Just barely.”

    Taber MacCallum and his wife, Dr. Jane Poynter, are two of the experts involved. �Both were part of the earth-bound Biosphere-2 experiment, but this is deep space.

    (Dr. Poynter) “There is no abort scenario. �Once they’ve left planet Earth, they ain’t gettin’ off that bus.”

    Poynter likens it to a really long road trip in a cramped RV. Space medicine expert Dr. Jonathan Clark:

    (Dr. Clark) “This is going to be the Apollo 8 moment for our next generation.”

    Only these new pioneers would drink their own pee, recycled into water.

    Lisa Brady, FOX News Radio.

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