Beyond Apollo Posts on Piloted Mars (And Other Places) Flybys http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png

The piloted Mars flyby concept was first articulated in detail in 1956 by Italian rocketry pioneer Gaetano Crocco. NASA work on the concept began in 1962, and the space agency devoted as much study effort in the 1960s to piloted Mars flybys as it did to piloted Mars landings. NASA officials even went so far as to announce that they would seek new-start funding for a 1975 manned Mars flyby in the FY 1969 NASA budget. Alas, Congress rejected the proposal in late 1967 in the wake of the Apollo 1 fire. In the wake of yesterday's InspirationMars announcement, space historian David S. F. Portree presents a list of Beyond Apollo blog posts on the piloted Mars/Venus flyby concept.



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