Getting human boots on the Red Planet has been the dream of science fiction writers, scientists, and engineers since the middle of the 20th century. However, it seems that only recently are space agencies around the world actually taking a manned mission to Mars.
The United States, Russia, China, the European Space Agency, and even a private not-for-profit have made plans and proposals for getting humans to Mars and yet very little seems to have been done so far.
Why do we really want to go to Mars? What can we gain? And why has it taken so long after the successful moon landings of the 60s and 70s?
Those questions and more on this edition of Today where we explore the plans and possibility of finally getting a human being to Mars.