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NASA and China plan to mount crewed missions to Mars in the next decade. While this represents a tremendous leap in terms of space exploration, it also presents significant logistical and technological challenges.
Engineers from McGill University, in Montreal, Canada, say they have developed a laser-thermal propulsion system, where lasers are used to heat hydrogen fuel, to get to Mars in just six weeks.