While the rest of the world is celebrating the New Year, NASA has been very busy with their new project.
Well, NASA's always been up to something exciting with their new invention, discoveries - and plans!

And we all know that ever since man discovered the galaxy, NASA has been finding ways to make astronauts stay in space for a longer period than what's expected.

Just recently, ABC News has reported that NASA has released a long-range report detailing its ambitions for sending astronauts to live on Mars, along with the obstacles the space agency will have to tackle to make reaching the Red Planet in the 2030s a reality.

"There are challenges to pioneering Mars, but we know they are solvable. We are developing the capabilities necessary to get there, land there, and live there," the NASA report said, noting the plan relies on an "evolutionary, resilient framework."

While the ambitious Apollo program of the '60s took astronauts on a brief visit to the moon, NASA claims that the Mars mission will be different. “We will be going to stay," the report said.

The round-trip voyage may last more than 1,000 days, NASA has outlined its plans for the health and safety of astronauts, along with the logistics for landing, living and working on Mars. Now, that sounds like a good plan.

"These technological and operational challenges fall into three categories: transportation, sending humans and cargo through space efficiently, safely, and reliably; working in space, enabling productive operations for crew and robotic systems; and staying healthy, developing habitation systems that provide safe, healthy, and sustainable human exploration," according to the report.

These plans may take a long time to achieve, but it is surely a brilliant first step. By completing this mission in the near future, we will be able to determine what Mars is like and if there are other forms of life out there (hint: "Marsians" or "Aliens"). The knowledge that astronauts will acquire will be very beneficial to mankind.

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Mars, NASA