John Glenn, who became the first American to orbit the Earth fifty years ago, says America should commit to going to Mars.
He does not say there should be an Apollo style effort, however. Rather, Glenn says we need to take full advantage of ISS to learn how to live and work in space. The former U. S. senator from Ohio envisions a Mars ship being assembled in low Earth orbit and leaving from there as opposed to being launched directly from Earth.
Of course, President Obama has said he expects Americans to reach Mars sometime in the 2030s, but Glenn wants Mars to be a more definite goal.
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