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Re:UK team designs human mission to Mars by vitno on Wednesday July 24, 2013 @04:47AM (#6095088)
Both of those are solved problems, and actually have been for quite a while.

You should check out the Mars Direct plan proposed by Robert Zubrin. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Direct

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Re:UK team designs human mission to Mars by homeomorphic on Wednesday July 24, 2013 @09:53AM (#6096151)
A nice exhibition of Mars Direct can be seen in the documentary The Mars Underground [1]. There's also Zubrin's book [2].

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDWvsdEYSqg (I don't know the copyright status of this, but it's been on YouTube for well over a year with many views).

[2] Robert Zubrin. The Case for Mars.

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Re:UK team designs human mission to Mars by harrytuttle on Wednesday July 24, 2013 @04:58AM (#6095108)
Thanks and as usual, canned by Obama.

Perhaps the private sector can take this one on?

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Re:UK team designs human mission to Mars by moocowduckquack on Wednesday July 24, 2013 @05:47AM (#6095227)
That was the constellation program, which was mainly a return to the moon. A commitment to NASA visiting Mars was kept.
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