Do you think you will live to see a manned mission to Mars?

Remember, our space program has been shut down by BO!

The Chinese might get there first!

You are so right!!

There is no need.
If there are it wont be europeans or americans, it will chinese or indians.

under this president the space program has been set back at least 10 years.

I doubt it.

I'm too old. Besides, what for?

I'd sooner expect to see the Second Coming of Christ. And before then, I expect Christ to declare outer space off-limits to humans, until He comes back to settle the hash of the devil.

Why not?

NO... not as long as this current Administration is in the White House or Democrats spending out and giving away the taxpayers money ! Stats prove that it will take up to 25 years or more just to crawl out to the hole we have been put into over the last 3 1/2 years. If this Wannabe Dictator gets back into office HE will FINISH this country off completely .. THERE will be NO MORE SPACE EXPLORATION or anything other then socialist government.... Anyone with any eduction at all KNOWS that Socialism does NOT WORK! Its a sharing in the miseries................ There is no money to pay down the National Debt much less for anything like Space .

You might see another nation accomplice it though!
The Chinese have already put a man into orbit and they don't have to worry about spending their money on public services instead, as they are not accountable to their people, due to them not being a democracy.

Unlikely, but never say "never".

Most likely.

no matter what I will try to live that long to see it ...

NASA is flat broke and is concentrating mostly on probes and missions to the ISS which it must now depend on private venture spacecraft.

no

It's recently come to light that there is a detrimental effect to the eye when living for extended periods in zero-gravity. Until this problem can be overcome, it nixes any longterm sojourns. Would we be able to create a gravitational force inside a Mars dome? I dunno.

i would have said yes prior to the whole economic collaps.
not so sure now... that seems to have set things back.

I hope!

I wish I could go