Europe Plans Human Missions to Moon and Mars

By Jane Wardell
Associated Press
posted: 05:10 pm ET
03 February 2004



LONDON (AP) _ European scientists set out a route map Tuesday for manned missions to Mars that aims to land astronauts on the Red Planet in less than 30 years.

Like U.S. President George W. Bush's proposed mission to Mars, the plan put forward by the European Space Agency involves a "stepping stone'' approach, which includes robotic missions and a manned trip to the Moon first.

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seems like everyone is "trying to keep up with the Jones'