After setting foot on the Moon, the next destination for humankind is Mars, which presents a whole new set of challenges in speedy, long-distance space travel.
After setting foot on the Moon, the next destination for humankind is Mars, which presents a whole new set of challenges in speedy, long-distance space travel.
That’s true about their upper atmosphere, but we’re nowhere close to being able to capitalize on it (as in, no missions even planned). Closest we’ve got on paper is an orbiter by the early 30s.
Hopefully in my lifetime we see an upper atmosphere balloon or something. That alone would be unbelievably cool.