Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Ka taea e te NASA te tuku i nga kaipupuri whetu a US ki te aorangi o Mars i te 2033 me te mata o te Red Planet i te 2039, e ai ki tetahi purongo hou. I tātarihia e te Planetary Society te whaihua me te utu mo te misioni kaimahi ki te huri i te marama o Mars Phobos i te 2033, e arahi ana ki te taunga o te kaimahi ki te Ao Whero i te 2039. I whakatauhia e ia ka taea e taua mahere te uru ki roto i te tahua a NASA mo te torotoro aorangi tangata - engari ko nga mahi torangapu kei te pupuri i te whakatau. Panuku ki raro mō te ataata. E ai ki te Planetary Society ka taea e NASA te utu i tētahi misioni ā-iwi hei hurihuri i te marama a Phobos o Mars i te tau 2033, e arahi ana ki tētahi taunga ā-iwi ki te aorangi Whero i te tau 2039. Ko te misioni aorangi Phobos e tata ana ki te 30 marama, e iwa nga marama o te haerenga ki ia huarahi me nga marama 12 i roto i te aorangi, e ai ki nga kaiwhakaari. Ka taea e ngā kaimahi te ako i a Phobos rāua ko Deimos, ko tētahi atu marama o Mars, ā, ka taea pea te whakahaere i ngā rover i runga i te mata o Mars. I kii te roopu i te mahere o naianei ka whakamahi i te waka rererangi Orion ki te neke i nga mema o te roopu mai i te Ao ki te aorangi me te hoki mai. 'E whakapono ana matou kei a matou inaianei he tauira mo te wa roa, te utu iti, te kaupapa a te tangata-ki-Mars,' ko Scott Hubbard, he kaiwhakaako i te Whare Wananga o Stanford Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics me tetahi mema o te poari kaiwhakahaere o te Planetary Society, i kii. 'He taahiraa nui tēnei awheawhe ki te hanga hapori i waenganui i ngā rōpū maha e hiahia ana ki te pūtaiao Mars me te tūhura.' Ko te Kaiwhakahaere Matua o te Rōpū (me te 'Tangata Pūtaiao' TV o mua) a Bill Nye, i mea: 'Ko te kawe tangata ki Mars he uaua ake i te haere ki te Marama o te Ao,' i kii a Nye. Engari ko te torotoro i te mokowā ka puta mai te mea pai i roto i a tātou. Mā te whakatutukitanga i te whakaaetanga i runga i te huinga tika o ngā misioni, ka taea e mātou te tuku tangata ki Mars me te kore e pakaru i te pēke. I matapakihia e ngā kaiuru e 70 o te awheawhe te whakatutukitanga hangarau, te utu, me ngā painga o tētahi mahere kua whakaritea hei kawe i te tangata ki te porohita huri noa i a Mars, ā, ka tae atu ki te mata o te aorangi, mā te whakamahi i tētahi mahere taipitopito kāore i hangaia e Te Rōpū Planetary, engari i whakaritea i roto i tētahi pūrongo motuhake i hangaia tahi e...
I tātarihia e te Planetary Society te whaihua me te utu o ngā miihana. He misioni ā-iwi ki te porowhita i te marama o Phobos i te tau 2033 te taahiraa tuatahi. ka arahi atu ki te taunga o te tangata ki te Ao Whero i te tau 2039. E ai ki te pūrongo, e hāngai ana ngā miihana ki te tahua ā-ao a NASA.