How Long Would It Take Us To Go To Mars?

Traveling to mars and building a settlement there is the new goal of this space race. But let's be quite honest, Sending humans to mars isn’t an easy task. The furthest humans have traveled into space is to the dark side of the moon, which is just 400 000 kilometers away. Travelling to mars is much more complex than that. It is a journey which could take months if not years and would require humanity to overcome many technological challenges. But how long would it take us to travel to mars based upon our current technologies? And can we decrease that time with technological advancements? The answer is a big yes. How?

When it comes to Mars though, there’s a reason why we haven't explored the red planet and why only a few landers have made the trip. There are many problems lying in the deep depths of space that make a voyage to mars oh so tough

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Credits: Nasa/Shutterstock/Storyblocks/Elon Musk/SpaceX/ESA/ESO/ Flickr

Video Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:47 How?
03:40 What about the fastest spacecrafts
05:42 Another issue

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[TheMotz]

The moon is a perfect testing ground for trips to Mars and beyond. We need to establish a colony on the Moon and have orbiting platforms with food, technical equipment, medical supplies ferrying from Earth to the Moon and back. This set up is complicated. It's better than a one shot deal to Mars. It would also be a morale booster for our planet. Instead of fighting each other, nations would build things for the Moon. Maybe, that's why it's there.

[felipaorfr]

We should really do the Moon first. Once we have a station in there, we can think about Mars.

[ernestimken]

If it takes 9 months to go to Mars, how much radiation would astronauts encounter? How much food for the trip there and back? Would that be 18 months? How much oxygen for 18 months? Tons? It looks like many more questions need to be answered before an attempt is made.

[russellslaney]

Getting to Mars is all well and good, but what about getting back! The escape velocity of Mars is twice that of the moon, which means you need to take that large amount of fuel with you to mars

[gregnorris]

It is ridiculous to believe we can simply travel to and survive on Mars, until we can reach, remain and thrive on the Moon. The longest man has stayed on the Moon, is a thrilling 3 days and a little over an hour. Reality surpasses fantasy, always.

[joeqmix]

the Parker Solar Probe has achieved its speed from gravity assists, not so much by "advanced rockets". It went all the way to Jupiter first, which added 3 years to the trip. Its speed as it dives toward the sun should not be used to estimate how fast our trip to Mars will be.

[stuffa]

The average temperature on Mars Is -80 degrees with no Breathable Air. Zero plant life, Zero Water. Not to mention being locked up in a small space craft for almost A YEAR to get there. I almost go crazy in a 10 hour flight to Europe...The whole Idea is ridiculous.

[hawgryder]

Not my lifetime, unfortunately. I'm just hoping I live long enough to see a manned landing on Mars.

[richardwalker]

I think we would need to have a supply chain of new astronauts, supplies and etc every 2 years within that window. But in reality that’s a 2-3 year expedition for any person who signs up . Let’s say they survive all the factors, 9 months to get there, a year on the planet and 9 months to get back home and you would need to leave at a certain time to get back home to earth .

[basharthekindandgentle]

Economical and quicker transits to Mars require at least a lunar outpost with some sort of factory they can harvest resources including water. They could also safely test nuclear fission out there as well. Launches require less escape velocity from the moon. Reducing the need for fuel, and can allocate other items for the necessary payload to get there. They can also use gravity assist from Venus and Earth for a slingshot approach.

[excusemenoexcusemeno]

What you can do is build check points in space like space stations through the journey...They can be supply storage of food and logistics and have people live there for a few months at a time and see how they perform and comeback to earth later on.

After building a couple of space stations and storing food and supplies in those stations, then you can send a crew of people to mars. If something goes wrong, then atleast they can rendezvous back to earth through those pace stations...

[wiseone]

Maybe in around 20-30 years we can do it? Humans will one day walk on Mars, no doubt.

[tmuny]

Speed is only half the problem. Slowing down from 400, 000 miles an hour to attain a landing would expend copious amounts of fuel.

[YoungGandalf]

I think it's definitely possible to send people to Mars, I just don't see the point. It's so much easier and cheaper to send unmanned probes/rovers. What exactly is a person on Mars going to do that a machine couldn't be built to do instead?

[cmay]

At this time, it's a one way trip. The turnaround/return is a problem.

[keithallver]

Even the Raptor 2 being a chemical rocket engine is not sufficient for getting to Mars. What's needed is a Nuclear Thermal Rocket engine.

[raphaeladolini]

... let's send Elon and wait for his return 🤣

[michaelwilliams]

What we need to explore our solar system in a feasible amount of time is the ability to maintain at least 1g of acceleration indefinitely. Once we figure that out, the solar system is ours.

[gp]

Mars:
Antarctica with no oxygen...
No food, no way back...
Alternatively, fix the earth...Nah