Space experts say sending humans to Mars worth the risk
Summit takes stock of hurdles, technologies, support needed to reach Red Planet by 2030s
![Simulated image of Mars](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/052316_cc_mars-mission-main_free.jpg?fit=860%2C460&ssl=1)
MISSION TO MARS By the 2030s, NASA and the aerospace industry want to send a crew to explore Mars, seen in this simulated image based on data from the Mars Global Surveyor orbiter.
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