NASA’s laser-powered spacecraft will fly to Mars in 72 hours - Mars exploration compilation

1. NASA was forced to cancel six attempted launches of a saucer-shaped Mars landing test vehicle in early June, 2014 because of unusually strong winds at the Hawaiian test site. 2. NASA scientist Philip Lubin is working on perfecting laser technology that could propel a light spacecraft to Mars in as little as three days. 3. NASA is developing an inflatable heat shield it plans to test in 2016 that could one day be used to send astronauts to Mars. 4. Fusion rocket engines could take a manned crew to Mars