TRIP TO MARS
Forecast Of 1980
(N.Z. P.4.-Reuter — Copyright) HOUSTON (Texas), July 24. A top United States space official today forecast 1980 as the earliest likely date for man to go to Mars. Dr George Mueller, the associate administrator for manned space flight, said that the Apollo 11 mission had proved “what we all instinctively knew—that man can successfully travel to another planet and return.” He said: "There remains for mankind the task of deciding the next step. Will we press forward to explore other planets or will we deny the opportunity to the future.” In his view the next specific step was Mars. It was up to the American people to decide when to go, and the earliest date for the trip would be about 1980. Dr Mueller said that be had no specific plans for a Mars expedition but was posing it as the next logical step.
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Press, Volume CIX, Issue 32050, 26 July 1969, Page 13
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149TRIP TO MARS Press, Volume CIX, Issue 32050, 26 July 1969, Page 13
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