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NASA Chief: 'The Journey to Mars Is Real, and It's Attainable'

The most important person at NASA said Tuesday that a manned mission to Mars is not only inevitable but is on track.

"The journey to Mars is real, it's attainable, and it matters to humanity and human progress," NASA administrator Charles Bolden said at the annual Humans to Mars summit in Washington DC, where scientists, professors, and others who dream of the Red Planet gather to discuss the state of a planned mission there. The event is organized by Explore Mars, a nonprofit made up of scientists and entrepreneurs who desperately want humans to set foot on the planet.

Every year, Bolden, the head of NASA, goes to the summit and, every year, people there get upset that NASA hasn't made more progress on any sort of manned Martian mission. This year was no different, but Bolden actually seemed more forthcoming with what the holdup has been. Though nothing is planned until the mid 2030s, a Mars mission now does seem more realistic.

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