India launches spacecraft to Mars ... UK gives India £200m foreign aid

[Taybha]

I blame Patrick Moore

 

[symyjym]

It's already begun. http://applicants.mars-one.com/

There is no guarantee of safety - but we have successfully delivered enough probes and rovers to Mars now to be fairly confident that a manned craft will arrive safely too.

It's a one way trip launching in 2023, and the crafts being sent will also double up as a living space on arrival and then connect to form a Mars base, comparible to the International Space Station.

Yep I have seen this and watched the documentaries so it is theoretically possible and lots of time and research goes into it, and even possible time scales. I just don't think it will happen in 10 years.

I haven't got a problem with them trying though.

 

[turienzo's lovechild]

I know it might be a while but you do realise our sun only has so long before it implodes Given how long it took us to get to the moon it might seem prudent to start sooner rather than later on finding a new planet !

if our sun is going to implode then I doubt moving to mars would be much use

 

[Giraffe]

Perhaps it's one of those little things that Governments do to help smooth that relationship. A small (relatively speaking) sweetener in terms of what we get in return.

Nail on head.