Senator seeks to 'set a date' for manned Mars mission
Senate Commerce space subcommittee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) says NASA should set a goal of landing a person on Mars, but NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe believes his agency must overcome two "showstoppers" before it can talk about a human space flight to the red planet. At a subcommittee hearing...
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