--- title: Ideas in Motion | Mars description: "Mars | Blog: Setting Ideas into Motion - SDP/SI" --- [Skip to content](https://info.designatronics.com/blog/tag/mars#main-content) [![](https://info.designatronics.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Logos/SDP-SI-logo-transparent.png?width=360&height=126&name=SDP-SI-logo-transparent.png)](https://sdp-si.com/) - [About](http://www.designatronics.com/about/index.php) - [Shop Online](https://shop.sdp-si.com/catalog/?__hstc=17737510.210f1aaf230513a9a92a96bd3d2cd1fb.1563472803980.1572466237168.1572470770079.9&__hssc=17737510.2.1572470770079&__hsfp=800286474) - [Blog](https://info.designatronics.com/blog?__hstc=239171548.210f1aaf230513a9a92a96bd3d2cd1fb.1563472803980.1568231254248.1571931475357.7&__hssc=239171548.34.1572470770079&__hsfp=800286474) Open main navigation Close main navigation - [About](http://www.designatronics.com/about/index.php) - [Shop Online](https://shop.sdp-si.com/catalog/?__hstc=17737510.210f1aaf230513a9a92a96bd3d2cd1fb.1563472803980.1572466237168.1572470770079.9&__hssc=17737510.2.1572470770079&__hsfp=800286474) - [Blog](https://info.designatronics.com/blog?__hstc=239171548.210f1aaf230513a9a92a96bd3d2cd1fb.1563472803980.1568231254248.1571931475357.7&__hssc=239171548.34.1572470770079&__hsfp=800286474) - [Contact us](https://www.sdp-si.com/contact-forms/contact-us.php) [Contact us](https://www.sdp-si.com/contact-forms/contact-us.php) --- ###### Ideas in Motion --- [![](https://info.designatronics.com/hubfs/Blog%20Images/Manned%20Mission%20to%20Mars/mission-to-mars.jpg)](https://info.designatronics.com/blog/the-road-to-mars-potholes-or-plain-sailing) ## [The Road to Mars: Potholes or Plain Sailing?](https://info.designatronics.com/blog/the-road-to-mars-potholes-or-plain-sailing) Nov 20, 2019, 1:20:41 PM / by posted in [Mars](https://info.designatronics.com/blog/topic/mars), [Exploration](https://info.designatronics.com/blog/topic/exploration), [Space](https://info.designatronics.com/blog/topic/space), [news](https://info.designatronics.com/blog/topic/news) [0 Comments](https://info.designatronics.com/blog/the-road-to-mars-potholes-or-plain-sailing#comments-listing)   Charles Bolden, a former space shuttle commander and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Administrator from 2009 to 2017, dreamed of being the first person on Mars when he checked in for astronaut training in 1980. At the time, NASA thought that a crewed Mars mission was thirty years away. Of course, we know now that prediction was overly optimistic. [Read More](https://info.designatronics.com/blog/the-road-to-mars-potholes-or-plain-sailing) [![](https://info.designatronics.com/hubfs/Blog%20Images/Manned%20Mission%20to%20Mars/Designatronics_blog_Manned-Mission-to-Mars.jpg)](https://info.designatronics.com/blog/manned-mission-to-mars-how-close-are-we) ## [Manned Mission to Mars: How Close are We?](https://info.designatronics.com/blog/manned-mission-to-mars-how-close-are-we) Jan 7, 2019, 6:00:00 AM / by posted in [Mars](https://info.designatronics.com/blog/topic/mars), [3D Engineering](https://info.designatronics.com/blog/topic/3d-engineering), [Exploration](https://info.designatronics.com/blog/topic/exploration), [Space](https://info.designatronics.com/blog/topic/space), [SpaceX](https://info.designatronics.com/blog/topic/spacex) [2 Comments](https://info.designatronics.com/blog/manned-mission-to-mars-how-close-are-we#comments-listing) Charles Bolden, a former space shuttle commander and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Administrator from 2009 to 2017, dreamed of being the first person on Mars when he first checked in for astronaut training in 1980. At the time, NASA thought that a crewed Mars mission was thirty years away. Of course, we know now that prediction was overly optimistic. Yet there have been technological advancements and a renewed interest in human exploration of the Red Planet in the past few years. How soon could a Mars mission be possible, and what technology will NASA need to make it a reality? 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