you very much indeed. conferences about all kinds of academic and business endeavours take place somewhere in the world every day. but there s something about a gathering called the humans to mars summit which has a different ring. the annual event opened in washington dc today at the national academy of sciences building, with nasa, the space industry, members of congress and international partners, mathematicians and musicians, and with the aim of injecting a sense of urgency into our common goal of sending humans to mars. but what are the chances of that goal of a human setting foot on the red planet by the mid 2030 s being met? i will bejoined by sian proctor in a moment. lets go back to 1989 and the first time a us president engaged with life on mars . next for the new century, back to the moon, back to the future and this time back to stay. and then journey into tomorrow, a journey to another planet. a manned mission to
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studying some form of maths 18. morning, guys, how are you? today he ll repeat his view that numeracy is as important as literacy. he believes there s an anti maths mindset that must end, so he ll reiterate all children should study some maths up to 18, and say there ll be a new panel of mathematicians and others to advise what they should learn and to decide if a new qualification for 16 18 year olds is needed. but teachers, who have been striking, are already in a dispute with the government over their workload and their pay, and many school heads do not think this is the time to add more maths to the curriculum. there s lots of parents would say, is that really the biggest priority? you ve got industrial action in our schools. you ve got a crisis of recruitment and retention in our schools. none of that is brand new. that s what we should be trying to sort out, because even at the moment, before you add more post 16 maths, one in eight young people are being taught by people