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Mars race

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This article is about space competition. For the 2007 TV miniseries, seeRace to Mars.For a race of people on Mars, seeMartian.

TheMars race,[1]race to Mars[2][3]orrace for Mars[4]is the competitive environment between variousnational space agencies,"New Space"andaerospace manufacturersinvolvingcrewed missions to Mars,land on Mars,or set a crewed base there. Some of these efforts are part of a greaterMars colonizationvision, while others are for glory (being first), orscientific endeavours.Some of this competitiveness is part of the New Space race.

Rivalries[edit]

The race to Mars involves competition between manufacturers and nations.[5]NASAhas demurred in a potential rivalry withSpaceXor other manufacturers in any possible race to be first to Mars. It instead sees synergies in possible cooperation with such entities.[6]However, politicians may push NASA into competition with private entities such asBoeingandSpaceXin getting humans to Mars.[7]Former presidentDonald Trumphas planned for NASA to reach Mars in the 2030s.[2][8][9]

Boeinghas stated that one of its rockets will lead to the first crewed expedition to Mars, before SpaceX or others will land a crewed mission. Boeing is the primary contractor on the U.S.Space Launch System(SLS) NASA rocket program that has the ultimate goal of a crewed Mars mission. SpaceX has declined to state that it is a race, or that it needs to race Boeing.[10][11][12][13]

Blue Originhas stated that with itsNew ArmstrongandNew Glennrockets, it may be attempting missions to Mars, head-to-head with theSpaceX Starship.[14][15]This may result in commercial competition going to Mars.[16]

Virgin Galactichas expressed interest in future service to/on Mars.[17][18][19][20][21]

In 2019, SpaceX started to develop their own hardware, theStarshipwith initial launches planned for the early 2020s, followed by a cargo mission to Mars planned for 2027 and a crewed Mars mission in 2029 with the goal of setting up a propellant depot and the beginnings of a Mars base.[22][23]As of 2024, Starship has achieved orbit in apartially successful flight test.[24]

Inspiration Marsplanned a crewed flyby of Mars using third party hardware but has been inactive since 2015.

It is widely thought that NASA and theChina National Space Administration(CNSA) are in a tacit race to put humans onto Mars. China is projected to have a crewed follow-up to2020s robotic explorationproject sometime after that; while NASA has a timeline of getting there in the 2030s.[25][26][27][28]

In the 2020s, both the US and China are engaged in an effort to establish a permanent presence on the Moon, with an emphasis on theLunar South Pole,as a proving ground and stepping stone to Mars. The US with itsArtemis programand China with itsChinese Lunar Exploration Program.[29][30]

See also[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • NBC News (21 May 2023),The Race to Mars,Meet the Press, NBC,cQl9f1FvgB4onYouTube

References[edit]

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