April 15, 2012
"We’re moving quickly to develop options for future Mars exploration missions and pathways. As part of this process, community involvement, including international, is essential for charting the new agency-wide strategy for our future Mars exploration efforts"

— Quote by John Grunsfeld, an astrophysicist, five-time space shuttle astronaut and associate administrator for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate.  Quote found in a NASA press release titled:  “NASA Planning Group Takes Key Steps for Future Mars Exploration”

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March 20, 2012
"My vision is for a fully reusable rocket transport system between Earth and Mars that is able to re-fuel on Mars - this is very important - so you don’t have to carry the return fuel when you go there. The whole system [must be] reusable - nothing is thrown away. That’s very important because then you’re just down to the cost of the propellant. We will probably unveil the overall strategy later this year in a little more detail, but I’m quite confident that it could work and that ultimately we could offer a round trip to Mars that the average person could afford - let’s say the average person after they’ve made some savings."

Quote by Elon Musk, SpaceX CEO.  Quote found at an online BBC News article titled “Mars for the ‘average person’”

Mars Spacex

November 26, 2011
"We are very excited about sending the world’s most advanced scientific laboratory to Mars. MSL will tell us critical things we need to know about Mars, and while it advances science, we’ll be working on the capabilities for a human mission to the Red Planet and to other destinations where we’ve never been."

Quote by NASA Administrator Charles Bolden.  Quote found at Mars Science Laboratory: NASA Launches Most Capable and Robust Rover To Mars

Curiosity Launch

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