Since the possibility of life in Venus was dicovered, maybe there will be missions to Venus. But it is very hard to land a human being there. It is too hot!
A manned mission to Venus would probably have humans in balloons where the temperature and pressure are closer to Earth's.
That was actually in a Wolfenstein game.
I feel sorry for Tender Branson. Austria not being on the list must hurt him a lot.
If it is a mission conducted by the European Space Agency, might be an Austrian. He or she will put the blue flag with the circle of yellow stars and the red white red flag on the Mars surface.
The chances for that are very low because there is currently no Austronaut at ESA.
There are 3 Italians, 2 Germans, 1 French, 1 British and 1 Danish active astronauts.
The last new selection of astronauts was in 2009 though, so they might pick new ones soon.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Astronaut_Corps#Current_members
The last Austronaut was Franz Viehböck in the early 90s:
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I feel sorry for Tender Branson. Austria not being on the list must hurt him a lot.
If it is a mission conducted by the European Space Agency, might be an Austrian. He or she will put the blue flag with the circle of yellow stars and the red white red flag on the Mars surface.
The chances for that are very low because there is currently no Austronaut at ESA.
There are 3 Italians, 2 Germans, 1 French, 1 British and 1 Danish active astronauts.
A Mars landing is presumably far enough in the future that it'll probably be none of these people, so Austria still has a chance.
I can't see the ESA wasting money on a manned Mars mission. The only way a European is the first to set foot on Mars is if ey is part of a Mars colonization effort.
Right now China is the only country that potentially has both the capability and interest in a mission to send people to Mars and returning em.
They don't have any experience with super heavy technology. The SLS is actually finishing testing but I still don't think that is a serious effort. It just seems like welfare at this point. If the Super Heavy program is successful, I can see that being the first vehicle to fly to Mars with people. My guess is if it succeeds, it will do so in the early 2030s because Elon is right now thinking mid-2020s. This is based on the preponderance of past Space X programs and their current progress on the current one.
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