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Mars expert: One-way trip to red planet is ‘not sensible’
An astrophysicist says it would not be “sensible� for humans to embark on a one-way mission to Mars.
Dutch project Mars One aims to send teams of four on one-way trips to the red planet every two years from 2025, until 40 people are living there.
Jodrell Bank astrophysicist Professor Tim O’Brien said: “I think if you can get there then you ought to be thinking about how to get people back.�
However, he added that he would “be surprised� if humans did not step foot on the red planet in “20 to 30 years�.
This clip is originally from the Hit List on Sunday 14 June 2015.
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